I wrote this the day before actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died from a heroin overdose, or as screenwriter and recovering addict Aaron Sorkin more accurately put it, “He did not die from an overdose of ...

Undergoing major surgery can be a daunting experience, and managing postoperative pain effectively is crucial for a smooth recovery. Opiates are commonly prescribed to alleviate severe pain following ...

Adam Meeks expands on his short film of the same name in this debut feature integrating professional actors with ...

Columbus Day almost killed me. I woke up avalanched under a junkyard of pain, my body a trap of torn nerves and trashed organs. An oily rash of sweat had soaked through my pillow and into the mattress ...

Opiate addiction is a growing concern across the globe, affecting millions of individuals and their families. While many are aware of the dangers associated with illegal drugs, fewer people recognize ...

(AP) One Halloween night, in a blacked-out bedroom in Bangkok’s Chinatown, Steven Martin went into physical and mental free fall. High fever oscillated with shivering cold, gut-wrenching stomach pains ...

Jamie Lee Curtis celebrated a personal milestone on February 3: 25 years of sobriety. "25 years clean and sober. One day at a time. 9,125 of them," she wrote in a social media post. The actor ...

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’ ...

I've played plenty of Western games—Red Dead Redemption 2, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Westerado: Double Barreled—typically casting myself as a steely-eyed gunslinger capable of mowing down outlaws ...