Drug Maker Plunges After FDA Rejects Addiction Treatment
Probuphine implant Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc. plunged the most in 17 years after the company failed to win U.S. regulatory approval for an implant to treat addiction to heroin and prescription...
View ArticleHeroin Vaccine Treats Drug Addiction in Rats
Beating heroin addiction Relapse can be a particularly sinister aspect of drug addiction. Scientists are now getting closer to a vaccine that can bind heroin in the bloodstream and therefore prevent it...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why More Moms Turn to Alcohol and Drugs
Millions of American families will celebrate Mother Day this weekend. It’s a wonderful time to pay tribute to all of the great mom out there. However, being a mom these days can come with a lot of...
View ArticlePrescription Pill Addiction: The Equal-Opportunity Disease
Methadone treatment “I got injured in 1990. That was when I was first prescribed pain pills, and one thing led to another.” Flash forward more than 20 years, and Greg is still an addict. At a...
View ArticleHospitals Grapple with Drug Addicted Newborns
Born addicted Tennessee, the first US state to track the number of infants born addicted to prescription drugs, has reported a surge in their numbers that has medical professionals concerned. Known...
View ArticleWalter Barrera’s 12 Million-Step Recovery Program
The 12 million step recovery program Walter Barrera fills a bottle with tap water and electrolyte powder, shaking the solution as he walks down the stairs of his porch. Cold raindrops are falling, and...
View ArticleFading Pill Mills Leave Heroin to Fill the Void
Fighting the pill mill effect Kevin Foley stood before a judge in Broward County’s drug court, fellow abusers sitting behind in him in the pews, talking about the fitful life of a recovering addict,...
View Article70 Percent of Americans are on Prescription Drugs
The rise of prescription pill abuse Recent research found that nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and more than half receive at least two prescriptions. Mayo Clinic...
View ArticleBeyond Marijuana: Gearing Up For the Battle to Decriminalize All Drugs
The real drug battle The momentum to legalize marijuana has snowballed over the last few years and has quickly moved from the fringes of U.S. politics to the mainstream. In just three years, the number...
View ArticleRelapse Might Be Avoided By Turning Off Brain Triggers
Addiction relapse triggers Researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco have been able to identify and deactivate a brain pathway linked to memories that cause alcohol...
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