Drug and substance abuse continues to be a major problem across the United States, with 1 in 4 Americans over the age of 12 admitting that they used illicit drugs in 2022. 1 While alcohol, tobacco and ...

A panel convened in July 2025 by the Food and Drug Administration sparked controversy by casting doubt about the safety of commonly used antidepressants during pregnancy. But it also raised the ...

OUD, which is the third most prevalent substance use disorder worldwide, affected an estimated 3.7% of US adults (9,367,000) in 2022 and caused 53,774 deaths in the US in 2024. Medications for opioid ...

I was addicted to alcohol for more than 15 years. What started as binge drinking in high school and college became a pattern of blackouts, emergency room visits, regret and shame. As peers grew up and ...

Wednesday evening, San Francisco leaders and community members gathered in the South of Market neighborhood to celebrate what ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Until we stop framing all drug use and every overdose as problems of “addiction” and “substance use disorders,” we ...

When combined with counseling and behavioral therapies, opioid use disorder medications are part of a comprehensive plan that supports long-term recovery. Opioid use disorder (OUD) occurs when ...

Suboxone can cut the risk of death in half and give patients relief and time to consider long-term treatment options.

Taking antibiotics can often lead to a collection of side effects: constipation, diarrhea, and bloating, for example. This happens because antibiotics are meant to target infection-causing bacteria, ...

Medications for pulmonary embolism may decrease the size of blood clots, help dissolve them, or reduce the risk of recurrence. All of these medications carry the risk of bleeding. A pulmonary embolism ...