Researchers at University of Tsukuba revealed that administering naldemedine, which is a constipation medication, alongside opioids effectively prevents opioid-induced constipation, thereby ...

Acute constipation was defined as having ... ECGs, concomitant medications, Objective and Subjective Opioid Withdrawal Scales (OOWS and SOWS), [21] and Numeric Rating Scales for Pain ([NRSP ...

Medication for opioid use disorder can save lives. But fewer than half of jails surveyed across the country provide it, a new ...

A number of doctors have voiced their concern over the sixth-most prescribed drug in the country. And in a very darkly ironic ...

An estimated one in five Americans live with chronic pain and current treatment options leave much to be desired. Feixiong ...

This is an oral tablet that treats opioid-induced constipation, a common side effect of using opioid pain medications. Methylnaltrexone is a peripheral opioid receptor antagonist that protects ...

Tramadol is a prescription opioid pain medication used to reduce moderate to severe pain. It can cause sleep-related side ...

Just 44 percent of jails offer incarcerated people with opioid use disorder medications like methadone, buprenorphine or ...

Research shows patients taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are more likely to have food left in the stomach or ...

Less than half of U.S. jails offer people medication for treating opioid addiction, despite the fact that around two-thirds of those incarcerated have some form of substance use disorder ...

Dylan, an inmate at Hennepin County Jail in May, was receiving buprenorphine to manage his opioid addiction. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...