Enlarge this image Despite abuse deterrent formulation, Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin continues to be used by some people with opioid addiction to get…
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HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) — With millions of pain-plagued Americans looking for an alternative to opioids, the solution…
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The United States is in the grip of an epidemic of opioid painkiller…
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Inspired By Her Own Pain, A Researcher Explores Alternatives To Opioid Treatments
by Joe Palca September 5, 2018Enlarge this image Jelena Janjic, a pain researcher at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, is exploring nanotechnology to deliver non-opioid pain medications directly…
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Ketamine, A Promising Depression Treatment, Seems To Act Like An Opioid
by Jon Hamilton August 29, 2018Enlarge this image These PET scans show the normal distribution of opioid receptors in the human brain. A new study suggests ketamine…
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Families Choose Empathy Over ‘Tough Love’ To Rescue Loved Ones From Opioids
by Martha Bebinger August 10, 2018Enlarge this image Bea and Doug Duncan outside their home in Natick, Mass. The coaching they got from the Community Reinforcement and…
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Sending Letters About Their Patients’ Overdoses Changes Doctors’ Prescribing Habits
by Sara Kiley Watson August 9, 2018Enlarge this image Opioid prescriptions went down among doctors informed of patients’ overdose deaths. WILL & DENI MCINTYRE/Getty Images hide caption toggle…
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A homeless man in Denver draws heroin into a syringe. Treatment centers in the city say patterns of drug use seem to…