Nick Padlo’s addiction to alcohol and drugs didn’t happen overnight. “I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety,” says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery in ...

Last year the U.S. had about 81,000 overdose deaths involving opioids. The tally since 1999 is at least 645,000. Though the culprits have changed over the years—first it was prescription opioids, then ...

A Belfast man who is currently receiving treatment for an addiction to over the counter medication has warned others of the dangers they pose. Michael Main said he started taking ibuprofen and codeine ...

You're reading Part 6 of The War on Recovery, a yearlong investigation into how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications to people with opioid addiction. Catch up on ...

In southern Oregon, an emergency housing program shelters people while they are waiting to enter residential addiction treatment. Two providers teamed up to start the program, called waitlist ...

We’re in the final stretch of the year that seems to blur from tailgates to Friendsgiving gatherings to holiday celebrations. A glance at the calendar shows all upside, but for many, it’s a season of ...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law a measure authorizing billions of dollars in federal funding to help prevent drug overdoses and aid patients recovering from addiction, according to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 66-year-old husband recently received a diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. He is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighs 270 pounds. He is treating his fluid ...

Orlando Health, one of the region’s largest health systems, announced the expansion of its “opioid navigator” program in certain local hospitals, which helps connect people who end up in the ER for ...

Talk Show Host and Columnist at Seattle Red AM 770 I never realized how easy it was to get drug paraphernalia on the taxpayer’s dime until I walked into a Public Health Seattle-King County office in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — For those seeking help for drug addiction, one recovery center says there is much support in Lancaster, but plenty of gaps need to be filled in to help people continue recovery and ...