But buprenorphine’s strength as a treatment is also a weakness. Buprenorphine is an opioid. Like methadone, the tightly ...

Anyone in South Carolina can walk into a store and buy kratom or 7-OH, a powerful derivative of the drug’s active ingredient.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln is piloting a “hotspotting” program to connect patients with opioid use disorder to ongoing addiction care after emergency department visits. Through the care model, ...

NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd. (Nasdaq: NLSP) (NASDAQ: NLSPW) ("NLS" or the "Company"), a Swiss clinical-stage biopharmaceutical ...

UF scientists have developed a compound that safely activates delta opioid receptors, offering pain relief without ...

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The same chemicals and receptors that control the sensation of pain in the opioid system also play a role in regulating ...

"Applying new insights into receptor function, our novel compound demonstrated pain-relieving effects in mouse models without major opioid-related side effects like respiratory depression," McLaughlin ...

University of Florida scientists have helped identify a novel drug compound that selectively activates pain-altering receptors in the body, offering a potentially safer alternative to conventional ...