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Your body has an opioid system made up of receptors that interact with naturally made opioid compounds (endogenous opioids). Opioids activate the receptors, which then

Simply put: opioids affect the mind and body through a person’s opioid system. The human body produces its own endogenous opioids, which act like hormones

What is Fentanyl?  It sounds like something found in the produce section of the local grocery store, stuck somewhere between arugula and radicchio. But its

Physicians prescribe pills for a wide variety of reasons. There are medications to lower blood pressure, relieve pain, control symptoms of diseases, and much more.

September, the traditional end of summer. Football kicks off, kids go back to school, and the promise of cooler weather is suddenly within reach. Plenty

If you follow news about the opioid addiction epidemic, you might hear about naloxone often known by the brand name Narcan. This medicine helps first

More than 130 Americans die from an opioid overdose every day, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). You might know someone who has an

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) uses two main types of medication to help patients manage opioid addiction — methadone and buprenorphine. Buprenorphine increases access to treatment by

It’s almost impossible to go through life without hearing about oxycodone, but most people don’t know what it is. Whether you’ve had a friend who

In 2017, 274 people died of an opioid-related overdose in the City of Boston*.  This number does not include smaller, outlying suburbs and towns, and