Medetomidine-laced opioids cause severe, life-threatening withdrawal in jails. Here's why many facilities remain ill-equipped ...

In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who had been in remission for at least 1 year, immunosuppressant withdrawal was noninferior to glucocorticoid withdrawal, with no significant ...

Naloxone has long been hailed as a life-saving drug in the face of the opioid epidemic. But its capacity to save someone from an overdose can be limited by the potency of the opioid — a person revived ...

New research from the University of California, Irvine, finds that drug withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement of drug seeking behaviors are controlled by a single pathway in the brain and ...

Although prescription rates for SSRIs and other psychiatric drugs are high worldwide, for periods longer than official guidelines recommend, reliable knowledge about how to take people off them safely ...

Withdrawal is a constellation of aversive symptoms—ranging from anxiety, tremors (“the shakes”), and nausea to hallucinations and frank seizures—brought on by the sudden stoppage or dosage drop of ...

Finerenone, a third-generation nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, showed promise in reducing the incidence of cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure (HF). However, its ...

Substance withdrawal is the process the body goes through after discontinuing or reducing the amount of an addictive substance (e.g., nicotine, alcohol, opiates, and other drugs). Withdrawal symptoms ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dario Sabaghi covers the cannabis industry with a focus on Europe. Pharmaceutical development company PleoPharma has received a ...