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Mental Health | Xylazine, a veterinary sedative that is not approved for human use, has been found to potentially worsen the life-threatening effects of opioids,...
...according to a study in rats that was released by the National Institutes of Health.
......according to a study published online in JAMA Psychiatry.
Over the past 15 years, the suicide rate among young people in the United States has increased dramatically, researchers pointed out, as has opioid use among adults.
Patients with moderate to severe chronic back pain or hip and knee-related osteoarthritis pain do not require opioids in place of non-opioid treatments, according to a study published in JAMA.
Addiction | Showing the opioid epidemic knows no age limits, new research suggests more than 100 children test positive for opioid addiction or dependency each day in U.S. emergency departments.
A new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports preventable deaths due to opioids are far higher in rural counties compared to urban counties, and now significantly outweigh the overall national death rate.