opioid withdrawal syndrome

Every time an opioid therapy is in the option for any patient to overcome the pain due to some chronic ailment, the risk of opioid abuse, misuse, or dependence always lingers at the back of mind. After termination of the opioids, the patient finds it difficult to stop the use of drugs and begins to crave for it. Th...

The year 2016, around 48.5 million Americans older than 12 years, reported to be actively abusing prescription opioids or involved in illicit drug use, says CDC drug surveillance report. The toll has been increasing and is almost impossible to ignore. It is disheartening to note that between the period between 1999...