Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource examining how opioid tolerance ...

For thousands of Americans, opioids no longer relieve pain—they cause pain. Known as "opioid tolerance," patients eventually become desensitized to opioids and more sensitive to pain after years of ...

WASHINGTON — New studies reveal that a learned compensatory response can trigger "drug tolerance," a physiological process central to addiction. Drug tolerance makes people need more and more drug to ...

The experiences of one doctor in Louisiana reveal the tensions around trying to get people to engage in addiction treatment, even if they’re not ready to stop using drugs.

As the opioid epidemic has picked up wide spread national media attention, so has patient awareness on the topic. One to two years ago when I would try to discuss the ongoing epidemic with patients, ...

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series looking into the opioid epidemic across the U.S., rehabilitation options in Weld County and stories from people who have overcome or are currently ...

Morphine and other opioids are vital to treat severe and chronic pain. However, they have two problems—prolonged use creates morphine tolerance, where ever-increasing doses are needed for the same ...

Military service demands resilience under pressure. Veterans are trained to operate in high-stress environments, make rapid ...

This is another one of the basic questions I get regarding addiction. It seems that people think about physical addiction and psychological addiction as somehow separate processes. I think this ...