Opioid addiction is a long-term, manageable disease. Like other ongoing conditions – such as high blood pressure and diabetes – setbacks, including relapse, can happen. About half the people who have ...

Irvine, CA – May 3, 2022 – New research from the University of California, Irvine, finds that drug withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement of drug seeking behaviors are controlled by a single ...

A study of patients with pemphigus who were in remission after a rituximab cycle found that administering an additional infusion at month 6, when guided by relapse predictors, significantly improved ...

Research on the biological basis of addiction has found that the critical epigenetic enzyme histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) limits the expression of the gene Scn4b, regulating neuronal activity and ...

Relapse presents a major barrier to recovery from substance use disorders -- when people begin taking drugs such as cocaine again after a period of abstinence. Sleep disruptions have long been ...