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Can treatment during surgery reduce postoperative opioid use?
With the current concerns related to opioid addiction and overdose, researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) are exploring ways to reduce the use of opioids for pain relief, while still effectively managing [...]
National Institute on Drug Abuse to hold teleconference discussing key findings of 2017 Monitoring the Future Survey on teen drug use
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a teleconference on Thursday, December 14, to discuss the results of the 2017 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. The survey, conducted by scientists at the University [...]
Cocaine contributes to overdose deaths among some minorities
Contact:NIDA Press Office301-443-6245media@nida.nih.gov About the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA supports [...]
Separating side effects could hold key for safer opioids
Opioid pain relievers can be extremely effective in relieving pain, but can carry a high risk of addiction and ultimately overdose when breathing is suppressed and stops. Scientists have discovered a way to separate these [...]
Opioid treatment drugs have similar outcomes once patients initiate treatment
A study comparing the effectiveness of two pharmacologically distinct medications used to treat opioid use disorder – a buprenorphine/naloxone combination and an extended release naltrexone formulation – shows similar outcomes once medication treatment is initiated. [...]
NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research: The Science of Astrocytes, Stress Response, and Translational Research
What: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, will host a one-day mini convention, a satellite event of the [...]
NIDA launches two adolescent substance use screening tools
Contact:NIDA Press Office301-443-6245media@nida.nih.gov About the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA supports [...]
SAMHSA Shares Latest Behavioral Health Data, Including Opioid Misuse
SAMHSA’s recently released annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides insights into substance use and mental health in the United States. Updated information on opioid use – including heroin and prescription pain [...]
SAMHSA Celebrates Recovery Month
Every September, as a part of National Recovery Month, SAMHSA celebrates people who have achieved long-term recovery from mental and substance use disorders and those who provide treatment and recovery services. This year marks the 28th annual [...]
Study identifies a brain pathway involved in drug relapse after cessation of contingency management
Courtesy of Marco Venniro A team of researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has identified what may be the crucial brain circuit involved in relapse to drug use when an effective behavioral [...]
- Reported drug use among adolescents continued to hold below pre-pandemic levels in 2023
- Reported drug use among adolescents continued to hold below pre-pandemic levels in 2023
- Overdose deaths increased in pregnant and postpartum women from early 2018 to late 2021
- Overdose deaths increased in pregnant and postpartum women from early 2018 to late 2021
- Los suicidios por sobredosis de drogas aumentaron entre los jóvenes, las personas mayores y las mujeres negras, a pesar de la tendencia general decreciente
- Los suicidios por sobredosis de drogas aumentaron entre los jóvenes, las personas mayores y las mujeres negras, a pesar de la tendencia general decreciente
- Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
- Los suicidios por sobredosis de drogas aumentaron entre los jóvenes, las personas mayores y las mujeres negras, a pesar de la tendencia general decreciente
- Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
- Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
- La conexión social, el sueño y la actividad física se asociaron con una mejor salud mental entre los jóvenes durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- La conexión social, el sueño y la actividad física se asociaron con una mejor salud mental entre los jóvenes durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- La conexión social, el sueño y la actividad física se asociaron con una mejor salud mental entre los jóvenes durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- La conexión social, el sueño y la actividad física se asociaron con una mejor salud mental entre los jóvenes durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- Social connectedness, sleep, and physical activity associated with better mental health among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic