Opioid Use Disorder

Featured Articles : Opioid Use Disorder

Addiction recovery is not always an easy climb. For some people it’s a complicated path.
September 17, 2024

‘I choose to climb instead of fall’

Rachel George is in recovery for opioid use disorder (OUD). Now she’s sharing her story with NIH MedlinePlus Magazine to...

Substance Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder, Opioids
Providing resources to opioid overdose patients in the ER can help reduce the risk of death by overdose or suicide.
November 26, 2020

ER visits for drug overdose may raise risk of later death

People treated in the emergency room (ER) for an opioid overdose are 100 times more likely to die by drug overdose...

Opioid Use Disorder, Opioids, Mental Health, Opioid Overdose

September 12, 2019

New maps feature makes drug disposal easier and safer

If you have unused or expired prescriptions, where should you get rid of them? Look to your phone or other...

Opioid Use Disorder, Opioids
Surgeon General and Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., meets with NLM Director Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D., at NIH.
April 17, 2018

Surgeon general outlines opioid plan

This February U.S. Surgeon General and Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., discussed his priorities...

Opioid Use Disorder, Opioids

October 13, 2017

The opioid crisis

Opioid misuse and addiction is a major public health crisis. Opioids, sometimes called narcotics, are a type of drug. They...

Opioid Use Disorder, Opioids, Opioid Overdose