Nov. 29, 2023 A 20-year study examined the long term relationship between cannabis and illicit opioid use. Overall results were inconsistent and showed no strong link. The study showed that clinicians and ...
Mar. 28, 2023 Naloxone -- a fast-acting opioid antidote -- has saved lives, but it's less effective against powerful synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. In an interesting twist, researchers are now ...
Nov. 28, 2022 While some feared that New Yorkers would re-fill prescriptions to stockpile opioid medications in the early weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown, New York State opioid prescriptions declined in the period ...
Oct. 26, 2022 People with opioid-use disorder who enter treatment are at risk for relapse, overdose or death if they engage in less than two outpatient visits in their first month of care, according to a new ...
Oct. 26, 2022 New findings unexpectedly show that heroin, not its metabolites, is the best therapeutic ...
Oct. 19, 2022 New substances that activate adrenalin receptors instead of opioid receptors have a similar pain relieving effect to opiates, but without the negative aspects such as respiratory depression and ...
Oct. 12, 2022 Veterans receiving buprenorphine were more likely to stay on it if they had virtual visits, but phone-based virtual care was especially prominent among those who are Black or lack stable housing, ...
Oct. 10, 2022 Some smart home technology could help curb opioid overdose. A pilot study showed that a set of noninvasive home sensors could provide accurate information about overnight restlessness and sleep ...
Oct. 7, 2022 Researchers have observed that the length of daylight hours impacts opioid receptor levels in brown fat. When daylight hours shorten, the receptor activity levels elevate. A similar phenomenon also ...
Oct. 6, 2022 Results of a new study suggest the prefrontal cortex-habenula circuit is potentially amenable for targeted interventions and ...
Oct. 3, 2022 Using data from the Pennsylvania Overdose Information Network from the years 2018-20 and American Community Survey data from 2015-19, geography researchers looked at the prevalence of overdoses in ...
Sep. 29, 2022 According to a new study, third-trimester fetuses with in utero opioid exposure exhibited multiple smaller 2D biometric measurements of the brain, as well as altered fetal physiology, on ...
Sep. 28, 2022 In new study, opioid use seen to reduce or stop altogether, following prescription of medical ...
Sep. 6, 2022 Researchers test the efficacy of a soft, bioresorbable, implantable device to block pain signals from sciatic nerves of rat ...
Aug. 31, 2022 The expansion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with individuals staying in treatment longer and reducing their risk of medically treated overdose, according to a new ...
Aug. 30, 2022 Fentanyl produces a specific EEG signature distinct from other anesthetic drugs, which could make it possible to monitor its effects to enable safer, more precise, and personalized opioid ...
Aug. 25, 2022 Mandates to decrease opioid prescriptions in the U.S. have worked, but they also have had an unintended and undesirable public health outcome, according to new ...
Aug. 15, 2022 Methamphetamine remains a stubbornly prevalent illicit substance in large swaths of rural America, according to a new study. The findings show that methamphetamine remains a common drug, and is ...
Aug. 10, 2022 The number of privately insured adults in the United States prescribed opioid medications for cancer pain and for chronic non-cancer pain declined between 2012 and 2019, according to a new ...
July 28, 2022 Over the past 21 years of opioid overdose deaths, geography has played a role in where they have occurred, reports a new study. But the coming wave will not discriminate between rural and urban ...