Deciding to taper off alcohol is a slower process that requires planning, but it can decrease both the chase of experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms and relapse. Tapering helps people stop using ...

Many prescription painkillers are opioids. Doctors may have prescribed an opioid for you after surgery or an injury. You might take them if you have pain related to cancer or another condition. Many ...

The Federal Reserve’s main tool for stimulating the economy is to lower interest rates, and the central bank lowered them aggressively during the recession – so much so that its target interest rate ...

Federal health officials on Thursday released a guide for clinicians who are considering tapering patients’ opioid prescriptions, highlighting the benefits of safe reductions in dosages while warning ...

The latest Federal Reserve meeting made news, but it was the largely as-expected kind. In its latest statement, released on Nov. 3, the Federal Open Market Committee ...

The Federal Reserve is edging closer to unwinding some of the ultra-easy policy measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to keep the U.S. economy afloat amid an unexpectedly large ...

Simplistically, tapering is the ending of economic stimulus policies. It's been hard for Americans to avoid headlines and statements about "tapering" in recent months, as economists and policymakers ...