Adding yoga to standard treatment for opioid use disorder is associated with faster recovery from opioid withdrawal symptoms.

Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD), is a major global health issue, and recovery from OUD is marked with high ...

An early warning system to spot synthetic opioids and other drugs is being developed by ministers, in an attempt to prevent a US-style fentanyl crisis. It will test waste water and spikes of overdoses ...

Scientists are racing to redesign how powerful painkillers work, aiming to keep the relief that opioids provide while ...

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Adding yoga to regular treatment can help speed recovery from opioid withdrawal, a small Indian study ...

In the clinical trial, 30 men in India with opioid use disorder were randomly chosen to receive 10 supervised 45-minute yoga ...

Opioids are drugs that interact with opioid receptors mainly located in the brain and central nervous system, usually medically administered as pain relief or anesthesia. Morphine is perhaps the most ...

After more than 1,000 orthopedic procedures at a city health system, roughly 61 percent of the opioids prescribed to patients went unused, according to new research. This was discovered within a study ...

Opioids and stimulants are distinct drug classes: opioids are pain relievers that depress the nervous system, while stimulants increase alertness and energy levels. Opioids act as potent pain ...

Pain. Our least favorite thing. However, pain plays a vital role in our survival. It tells us when we’ve suffered an injury somewhere in the body, and it’s a warning to avoid certain situations or ...

There were about 181,806 nonfatal opioid overdoses recorded in the United States in the past year, and it’s taken about 9.8 minutes on average for emergency medical services to reach someone who’s ...