Opioids
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Fentanyl 101
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic (lab-made) opioid. Prescription fentanyl is FDA -approved to treat severe pain related to surgery or...
Substance Use Disorder, Opioids
How naloxone reverses opioid overdoses (and why it’s important to have on hand!)
Naloxone is a powerful tool for preventing deaths from opioid overdoses. First responders and health care providers use this medication...
Substance Use Disorder, Opioids, Opioid Overdose
‘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
NIH study links opioids to pregnancy loss
A new study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) indicates that women who use opioids while trying to conceive...
Opioids, Pregnancy
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
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
Fighting the opioid crisis: NIH HEAL initiative takes on addiction and pain management
More than 115 Americans die from opioid overdose every day. That's four times higher than the number of opioid overdose...
Opioids
Renewal and recovery after opioid dependence
For the past six years, James M. was in and out of jail, courtrooms, detox, and halfway houses. "I started...
Opioids
Healing and haiku: One parent’s experience with addiction and loss
Haiku is a form of poetry that can express complex emotions and ideas in a short and simple form. In...
Opioids
A safe home for young men struggling with addiction
Barbara Gillmeister knows what it's like to worry about a child with an opioid addiction. "When you have someone...
Opioids