San Francisco's health department, at times criticized for not doing enough to encourage people to go into drug treatment ...

The DEA grants a one-year extension on telehealth prescription of addiction medications, kicking resolution on a fraught issue to the second Trump administration.

Weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy are enormously ... Leggio said more research, screening and treatment are needed to address alcohol addiction. Nearly 29 million Americans have alcohol ...

On Thursday, the journal Addiction published a study that examined the medical records of half a million people with opioid use disorder and found that those who were taking GLP-1 drugs ...

As local leaders told Fox News, many of these unhoused individuals have been ravaged by addiction, driven by drugs like fentanyl and xylazine, also known as "tranq." Vermont itself has seen a 500% ...

As local leaders told Fox News, many of these unhoused individuals have been ravaged by addiction, driven by drugs like fentanyl and xylazine, also known as “tranq.” Vermont itself has seen a ...

While Hendershot agrees that the drugs might eventually prove useful in treating addiction, he says it’s too soon to endorse that kind of off-label use. He notes that the new findings were based ...

Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a major public health concern, with opioid use disorder (OUD) and alcohol use disorder ...

which suggest that this and similar drugs might one day be prescribed to help people with addiction.” However, “a note of caution is that the outcomes are very extreme instances of substance ...

“Drug addiction doesn’t happen on its own, it happens for certain reasons, and one of the reasons is because people are in pain and so they start taking drugs,” he said. “And painkillers ...

A doctor says the very job that’s made Jackie O one of the richest people in radio could have been a key factor in her crippling drug addiction. Now, a medical expert tells news.com.au that the ...