While medication can provide symptom relief, it does not necessarily address underlying maladaptive behaviors, and is therefore considered by many clinicians and adjunct to treatment, rather than ...

Discussing mental health medication remains challenging despite growing awareness and acceptance. Yet sharing this aspect of your life can strengthen relationships and contribute to reducing stigma.

Popular GLP-1 medications approved for weight loss, diabetes, and heart disease may have untapped potential to reduce the risks of substance abuse disorders, psychosis, infections, some kinds of ...

Lung cancer survival without treatment is shorter than survival with treatment. People with untreated non-small cell lung cancer—the most common type—typically live between 5 and 12 months after ...

Although low blood pressure (otherwise known as hypotension) rarely requires treatment, it may need so if there are symptoms like severe dizziness or fainting. The treatment varies by the cause and ...

Whatever form it takes, successful treatment reverses the changes in brain circuitry that make substance use hard to control. Yet many factors other than biology must be addressed for treatment to ...

Another option might be to give an antibiotic in a shot. Most non-prescription medicines are not needed and can be stopped. Equipment: plastic medication syringe or dropper (not a spoon) Child's ...

In the cited meta-analysis, colchicine was associated with reduced risk of treatment failure (OR: 0.23) and recurrent pericarditis (OR: 0.39), but with a trend toward more adverse effects.