(Natural News) Opioid-related overdose is a top concern in the U.S., where it claims around 130 lives every day, according to data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In the midst of this crisis, people have turned to alternative treatments for pain relief. A therapy that’s gaining ground is acupuncture, a form of traditional Chinese […]

(Natural News) Government regulators in the United States are on a mission to make anti-diarrhea pills more difficult to abuse amidst reports of increased deaths and heart problems due to the drugs. Loperamide, which is marketed and sold as Imodium, slows down gut movement to make stool less watery. For loperamide to be able to […]

(Natural News) Chronic pain often pushes people to use opioid painkillers such as morphine and Vicodin, which may leave sufferers with an increased risk of prescription opioid addiction. Millions of Americans see their doctors for chronic pains, and doctors, in turn, resolve to prescribe these medications for immediate relief. Researchers from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) are […]

(Natural News) Rather than taking addictive opioid painkillers, it might be safer and better to try traditional Korean medicine. In an entry in Science Direct, Korean hand acupressure was able to alleviate both the pain caused by cesarean delivery and attacks of nausea and vomiting due to opioids. Opioids used to be the go-to medication […]

(Natural News) Suicide rates in the U.S. have increased over the past decade, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Between 2000 to 2016, it jumped by 34 percent — a high point, according to experts. However, a study made by a team of researchers from West Virginia University states that this […]

(Natural News) According to a new study, the opioid crisis is now affecting children who are being dragged from their homes and into foster care because of parental neglect caused by addiction. The study authors note that an addiction to prescription painkillers (e.g. oxycodone and morphine) is partly responsible for the sudden increase in deaths caused […]

(Natural News) Besides their children’s obsession with computers, some modern-day parents must deal with another, deadlier form of addiction that may be manipulating their offspring: the overuse of opioids. A new study by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing concluded that one in 10 […]