Prisons: The Unexpected Answer to the Opioid Epidemic?
A study from Rutgers suggests that enhancing prison reentry programs could reduce the opioid overdose death rate in the U.S. With opioid overdose deaths surging in…
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Opioid Treatment Strategies Shift As Researchers Advocate for Higher Buprenorphine Dosages
A new study led by Brown University researchers suggests a need to reevaluate opioid addiction treatment recommendations in the era of fentanyl. New research reveals…
Researchers Discover New Way To Reverse the Effects of Fentanyl
According to the Centers for Disease Control, overdoses claim the lives of 100,000 Americans annually, with a significant majority attributed to the consumption of synthetic…
Fentanyl Crisis Demands a Dose of Reality: More Buprenorphine?
NIH-funded study suggests the need to reevaluate opioid addiction treatment recommendations in the era of fentanyl. People with opioid use disorder who were prescribed a…
Why Opioids Are Not the Answer to Your Back Pain: New Study Calls for Medical Rethink
The evidence calls for treatment guidelines to be changed. According to a world-first trial led by the University of Sydney, opioids are no more effective…
Beating the Opioid Crisis: Human Trials for Fentanyl and Heroin Vaccines Nearing Launch
Scientists from the University of Montana, along with their partners, are close to initiating human trials for vaccines designed to prevent overdoses from fentanyl and…
A Longer-Lasting and More Powerful Treatment – New Antibody Reverses Effects of Potent Opioid
Antibody therapy developed by Scripps Research seems to offer over existing opioid-overdose treatments. Scientists at Scripps Research have demonstrated that an antibody, in single-chain fragment…
Breaking Free: New Treatment Helps People Stop Using Addictive Opioid Painkillers
Scientists from the University of Warwick and The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough have led a clinical study, financed by the National Institute for…
Better Than Drugs? Scientists Use Hugs To Treat Opioid-Exposed Newborns
A clinical trial conducted by UNM has identified the best care practices for newborns exposed to opioids. According to recent research by the University of…
Proven Medication, Troubling Math: Only 1 in 4 Adolescent Treatment Facilities Offer Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
NIH-funded study indicates a substantial need to expand access to evidence-based treatment among young people. Only 1 in 4 residential addiction treatment facilities caring for…
Opioid Epidemic: Teens Rarely Receive Proven Lifesaving Addiction Medication in U.S. Treatment Centers
A new study sheds light on resistance to using buprenorphine — a proven tool in fighting opioid epidemic. New research reveals that only one in…
Smarter Opioids: A New Approach to Pain Relief Without Addiction
Targeting opioid receptor pathway could treat pain without addiction or hallucinations. Researchers have discovered a new approach to developing painkillers that don’t cause addiction or…
Opioid Prescriptions and Suicide: New Study Unveils Complex Connection
Regions in the U.S. that experienced the largest decrease in opioid prescriptions were found to have the most significant decrease in suicide deaths. The impact…
Naloxone Alternative: CBD (Cannabidiol) Compounds Could Reverse Opioid Overdoses
As the U.S. pushes for wider access to naloxone, a fast-acting opioid antidote, researchers are exploring cannabidiol (CBD) as a potential alternative due to its…
Study Finds “Staggering Increase” in Methamphetamine Deaths – And It Has No Signs of Slowing Down
A staggering 50-fold increase in deaths related to methamphetamine has been recorded since 1999. The mortality rate due to methamphetamine use in the United States…
Disturbing Truth: Opioids Dominate as Primary Cause of Poisoning Deaths in Children
Researchers find rate of fatal opioid poisonings among children more than doubled over 13-year span Over-the-counter drugs also continue to pose fatal risks to young…
Building a Better Opioid: Scientists Take Another Step Forward
A group of scientists collaborated to release comprehensive structures of the entire human opioid receptor family, with the aim of facilitating the development of more…
How AI Can Help Create and Optimize Drugs To Treat Opioid Addiction
Researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to create and optimize potential new drugs to help people with opioid addiction. It is estimated that about three…