America’s overdose crisis isn’t the simple story we’ve been told for years. A new investigation reveals how two key graphs — ...

This 3-part series looks at the current evidence for the treatment of SUD, alcohol use disorder, and tobacco use disorder.

A new study led by Marshall University researchers found that patients who underwent knee surgery using a minimally invasive "needle arthroscopy" technique used significantly fewer opioids after ...

Holly Trouville held up a green can of seltzer as she stood before the Lowell City Council last fall. This is what killed her son, she said. “I was aware he drank kratom seltzer,” she said, “but I was ...

1 Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus, Duluth, Minnesota, USA. 2 Addiction Medicine and Toxicology, Essentia Health, Duluth, ...

Risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) programs help ensure that the benefits of certain high-risk medications outweigh their risks. With the routine use of REMS programs, however, concerns ...

At gas stations, liquor stores, and smoke shops, products containing kratom—an herbal substance—are readily sold alongside energy drinks and gum. These kratom drinks, capsules, gummies, and powders ...

As the FDA advances efforts to regulate 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a metabolite of kratom, the scientific and regulatory community finds itself at a crossroads. Despite mounting scrutiny, the debate ...

Interview with Dr. Melody Glenn, author of Mother of Methadone Mother of Methadone describes the work of Marie Nyswander and author Melody Glenn. Photo courtesy of Melody Glenn. “The fact that this is ...

Tyler Mischley, 38, has lived with opioid use disorder (OUD) since he was 15. At age 18, he got an additional diagnosis of chronic pain—doctors discovered that the source of his back pain was half an ...

In the evolving landscape of natural medicine and regulatory oversight, few substances are as polarizing as kratom and its metabolite, 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH). As federal agencies escalate their ...