In 2017, more than 47,000 Americans died as a result of an opioid overdose, including prescription opioids, heroin, and illicitly manufac...

If you’re recovering from an addiction and have been sober for a while, you may start to experience disturbing dreams. It’s a common occu...

Insurance rules that limit access to the addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may be worsening the U.S. opioid epidemic, a new st...

Overview The increasing number of drug overdose deaths in the United States has hit rural areas particularly hard. Between 1999 and 2015,...

No- with successful buprenorphine treatment, the compulsive behavior, the loss of control of drug use, the constant cravings, and all of ...

Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood has been hit hard by the national opioid crisis that’s killed tens of thousands of Americans in re...

Opioid overdose deaths, which reached 47,600 across the nation in 2017, continue to ravage many parts of the country. The use of opiate d...

Overdoses have now passed car crashes and gun violence to become the leading cause of death for Americans under 55. The epidemic has kill...

If you saw someone lying on the street, moaning in pain from a broken leg, would you think, ‘Man, that guy is selfish’ …? Probably not. I...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned over the weekend that the shutdown could soon impact the treatment of patients addic...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration explains that the concept of “wellness” refers to being in good physical sh...

Overview Opioid overdoses cause one death every 20 minutes.1 Medication-assisted treatment (MAT)—a combination of psychosocial therapy an...

New Year’s resolutions are stressful for most people and are notorious for failing by January 2nd. It is estimated that 40 percent of Ame...

MAR 20, 2018 / BY PETER GRINSPOON, MD What is Suboxone and how does it work? Suboxone, a combination medication containing buprenorphine ...

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New Year’s Eve is a night where many people look forward to celebrating new beginnings. For many, celebrating the New Year involves drink...

What is Harm Reduction? The world of substance use treatment is changing rapidly. The medical disease model that focuses on addiction as ...

When asked the question: “Do you take care of yourself?” most of us will answer “yes” — we’d even think, “What kind of question is this? ...

There are approximately 1,270 certified opioid treatment programs in America that are treating some 325,000 patients, with only 25,000 of...

Addiction is called a “family disease” because it not only affects the whole family when a member has a substance use disorder but also b...