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Increasingly, these types of tranquilizers are turning up in fentanyl, oxycodone and other illegal opioids.
Here are some steps you can take to use opioids more safely and effectively at home.
The toxic drug crisis is not only about fatalities. A much larger number of people survive overdoses, and are left with brain injuries. A national strategy to support and treat them is crucial.
Many people wrongly assume that cannabis use during pregnancy is safe. Research is increasingly documenting a host of serious health harms from prenatal exposure to cannabis and other substances.
Long-acting injectable buprenorphine is also known by the brand names Buvidal or Sublocade.
Opioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain. But new research shows they don’t effectively relieve low back or neck pain and can result in worse pain.
New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.
Pennsylvania has long had one of the highest death rates from drug overdose in the US. But new studies suggest counties throughout the state have different rates of opioid deaths.
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