Several million people are addicted to methamphetamines and also use tobacco, cannabis, alcohol, benzos, and opioids.

A large Australian trial has found that the antidepressant mirtazapine can modestly but significantly reduce methamphetamine use in people with methamphetamine use disorder (MUD). The study offers one ...

A man demonstrates lighting up a freebase methamphetamine pipe. (Photo by Younes Mohammad / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by YOUNES MOHAMMAD/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ...

July 29, 2011 — Abuse of methamphetamine or other amphetamine-type drugs (meth/amphetamine) significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD), new research suggests. In a new ...

The pressing issue of methamphetamine addiction — especially within Florida’s LGBTQ+ community — has largely been overlooked. Florida is among the five states with the most meth users according to ...

This retrospective, single‐center study included all patients aged 18 to 65 years who presented with ACS and underwent ...

Two new clinical trials highlight potential breakthroughs in addiction medicine: semaglutide significantly reduced alcohol intake in patients with obesity and alcohol use disorder, while mirtazapine ...

Millions of people use methamphetamine in the United States, and overdoses involving the drug have been rising over the last decade. But while we have a veritable armory of tools to help with other ...

A California study found one in six MIs in younger adults were tied to meth use, many of them with nonobstructive CAD.

When it comes to treating methamphetamine addiction, the use of behavioral incentives is settled science. Offering financial rewards, like gift cards, to people who demonstrate that they’ve reduced or ...

In 1996, my husband and I bought what we thought was our ticket to the classic American dream. After returning to the United States following two years of missionary work in Africa, we purchased a new ...