However, opioids are highly addictive drugs that can cause painful and potentially dangerous withdrawal symptoms. The withdrawal timeline ranges from days to weeks after discontinuing use.

Reversing opioid overdoses in rats using a drug that does not enter the brain prevents the sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms associated with therapeutics that target the central nervous system.

Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...

This five-week-old boy is one of nearly 300 infants a year treated for opioid withdrawal at Cabell Huntington Hospital in West Virginia. He sleeps under the soothing touch of his mother ...

Recent research has focused on understanding the relationship between sleep quality and opioid use, particularly during withdrawal and ... including the different stages of sleep such as REM ...

as well as to manage cravings and anxiety during the post-withdrawal period. Opioid overdose mortality has surged in recent years, largely due to fentanyl. Drug overdose deaths increased from 2019 ...

It also wants to increase access to methadone and similar medications to reduce the sickness from opioid withdrawal. The county has seen some progress, with the number of deaths from drug use ...