Types of drug addiction include alcohol, opioids, sedatives, stimulants, and tobacco. Substance abuse in the United States is one of the leading health conditions impacting millions of lives. Since ...

Exenatide (Ex-4), a glucagonlike peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist currently used in the management of type 2 diabetes, could effectively treat drug addiction, including cocaine dependence, new ...

Sam, a 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair, stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. After he was weighed, he headed for an exam room decorated with ...

The use of drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound in people with type 1 diabetes has risen sharply over the past decade, a new study finds, even though there’s little information on the drugs’ safety ...

Young people posting videos and photos of themselves inhaling the drug known as whippets have been going viral on social media, and although nitrous oxide—the substance the drugs are made from—is ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Bristol Myers Squibb's highly anticipated schizophrenia drug Cobenfy, the first novel type of treatment for the debilitating, chronic mental ...