Children born dependent on heroin and other opiates may be more likely to perform poorly academically as they get older, according to a new study from Australia. CNN values your feedback 1.

Parents, high schools and colleges are feeding an addiction of sorts— abetting an epidemic of perfectionism and expectation while promoting a “high” of status and prestige. After two decades ...

Children born dependent on heroin and other opiates may be more likely to perform poorly academically as they get older, according to a new study from Australia. CNN values your feedback 1.

Opiates and psychostimulants have very different pharmacodynamic profiles 10,12,43 but they share the ability to increase dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) 7 — one of the terminal ...

Doctors petition FDA for 'black box' warning on combining painkillers, tranquilizers. Patients with acute pain, such as that caused by an injury, usually need prescription opiates for only three days.

Opiates are amazing. They make dentistry not a horror movie, make a broken bone something you can tolerate while waiting in the ER, and kept your great-grandpop from going into shock after being ...

This study provides an original perspective on the associations among endogenous opiates, overeating and obesity. The aim was to assess whether variability in the OPRM1 gene, as assessed by seven ...

Theodore Dalrymple talked about his book, [Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy], published by Enounter Books. He discussed what he believes are the myths and ...

War on Drugs. If Opiates Are Killing Americans, Why Won't the FDA Let Us Try an Alternative? As the DEA relentlessly tightens regulations on pain meds, the FDA refuses to approve a safer ...

Many veterans had come to the Tomah VA after receiving large doses of opiates in private practice or during their military service, he said, and he worked to taper them back to safer levels. He ...

Pregnant on Opiates: When Following Doctors' Orders Breaks the Law More women are getting in trouble with law enforcement after giving birth to babies who test positive for drugs prescribed by ...