A DOCTOR has warned newborns are experiencing withdrawals from an addictive and ineffective drug that is meant to be a mood booster, but can prove fatal. The warning comes soon after two students ...

Substance-use disorders are complex conditions that often require treatment. Getting help might seem like the obvious first step to take, but managing drug-withdrawal symptoms is no easy feat. That’s ...

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 ...

Even if your libido and energy return after stopping anabolic steroids, it does not necessarily mean that spermatogenesis or ...

Line Summary Perioperative antithrombotic drug management is fundamentally based on balancing a patient's thrombotic risk against the surgical bleeding risk, with the necessity of withdrawal ...

A new, deadly drug is spreading through American cities, sparking a crisis not of addiction – but of withdrawal. Medetomidine is a veterinary sedative, and if used by humans, it causes almost instant ...

UConn Today sat down with Dr. Lakshit Jain, clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UConn Health, to learn more about what’s really involved in opioid addiction withdrawal and ...

I’m told I don’t look like a heroin addict. I am a married, middle-aged woman, a taxpaying homeowner. As privilege goes, I have it. Because I’m White, I get treated better in medical settings such as ...

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 ...