Soon after quitting alcohol you may notice improved mood, sleep, and blood pressure. There are also long-term benefits for the liver, heart, and brain.

Heavy alcohol use can lead to systemic inflammation, or prolonged inflammation throughout your entire body. Cutting out alcohol for 30 days or more can lead to a "reduction in things like joint pain, ...

This is the fourth installment in a series of posts on non-pharmacologic approaches to alcohol and drug abuse. Previous posts reviewed the evidence for weak electrical current for reducing symptoms of ...

What Happens to Your Body During the Stages of Detox and How to Manage It Medically reviewed by Adjoa Smalls-Mantey, MD, DPhil Alcohol withdrawal can be fatal and may require medical supervision.

Darren Quelch wishes to acknowledge Sally Bradberry (Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Alcohol Lead), Arlene Copland (Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Alcohol Nurse Consultant) and Carol ...

LA JOLLA, CA—One of the main physical symptoms of alcohol withdrawal is “allodynia”— increased sensitivity to mechanical stimuli that are normally innocuous, which is a clinical sign of chronic pain.

The substances abused must be determined early in treatment, because there are substantial differences in severe complications and in the management of withdrawal from alcohol and sedatives, opiates, ...

Emerging research reveals that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) may have increased pain sensitivity/hyperalgesia when withdrawing from addictive substances ...