Rapid dosage drops can trigger bipolar episodes. Learn one expert’s method for minimizing risk and withdrawing safely. We ...

A new study suggests that the increased rates of overdose and mental health crisis observed during the first year after opioid dose tapering persist through the second year. Does dose reduction for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Half-dose conventional synthetic DMARDs are inferior to stable-dose regimens for preventing flares during a ...

Manchester — Two-thirds of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who previously reached sustained disease control on tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) maintain disease control for 1 year ...

Tapering, in medical terms, means reducing your dosage of a medication gradually. It can occur over days to weeks. A doctor makes these dosage changes to wean you off a medication completely. Doctors ...

Aug. 3 (UPI) --Rapidly tapering patients off highly addictive opioid pain medications after long-term use at stable doses places them at increased risk for overdoses and mental health "crises," a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers said the study raises questions about the “potential harms of tapering,” but the interpretation is ...

In a study published Aug. 3 in JAMA, a team of UC Davis Health researchers examined the potential risks of opioid dose tapering. Their study found that patients on stable opioid therapy who had their ...

A longer prednisolone tapering period is better than a shorter one at improving the rate of clinical remission in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis.

Researchers from the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research examined the potential long-term risks of opioid dose tapering. They found that patients on stable but higher-dose opioid ...

Gradual withdrawal of glucocorticoids was successful among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) after 2 years of clinically quiescent disease, without an increased likelihood of flares, ...

Researchers from the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research examined the potential long-term risks of opioid dose tapering. They found that patients on stable but higher-dose opioid ...