St. Paul Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has implemented a new program to help treat patients struggling with addiction. Crews now carry suboxone, which can be administered to those in withdrawal.

Yoga appears to help accelerate opioid withdrawal recovery when paired with buprenorphine treatment, based on a recent study.

Medications have become our go-to treatments for opioid addiction. Though life-saving, their downsides are underappreciated ...

As a pharmacist for HCMC and Hennepin emergency services, Holly Drone has seen a lot. But when Drone described the pain of opiate withdrawal on patients, she turned to her clients’ and co-workers’ ...

Many patients unable to obtain the anti-addiction drug Suboxone due to strict federal requirements are turning toward illicit means to secure the medication, which ...

Providing all the tools that can save lives should be a number one priority in the fight against overdoses and addiction. To that end, state legislators should not hesitate to back a bill introduced ...