Medications
When pregnant women take kratom, their babies may suffer
In the past couple of years, two newborn babies in Buffalo experienced withdrawal as a result of their exposure to kratom in utero.
Apr 25, 2019
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News tagged with opioid receptor
Neuroscience
Blocking opioid receptors could reduce hormone-therapy-fueled increases in sugar intake
Estradiol is a commonly prescribed estrogen therapy. Previous research has found that rats treated with the hormone experience an increase in sugar consumption. But according to new research, blocking the body's opioid receptors ...
Apr 7, 2019
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Neuroscience
New mathematical model could be key to designing effective therapies for brain disorders
G-protein-coupled receptors are present in many neurological and psychological disorders thanks to the activation of G proteins. In addition to activating the G protein, they are also able to activate proteins responsible ...
Mar 28, 2019
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Neuroscience
Blunting pain's emotional component
Chronic pain involves more than just hurting. People suffering from pain often experience sadness, depression and lethargy. That's one reason opioids can be so addictive—they not only dampen the pain but also make people ...
Mar 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
FDA poised to approve ketamine-like drug to ease depression
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could give its approval this week to esketamine—a relative of the "club drug" and anesthetic ketamine—against severe depression.
Mar 5, 2019
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Medications
New targets for ischemic drugs
Russian scientists investigated the role of opioid receptors in protecting the heart from coronary disease: the lack of its blood supply. These receptors are mainly responsible for pain regulation. It turned out that they ...
Feb 26, 2019
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Medications
Nano-painkiller lasts longer and is less addictive than opioids
A team of researchers from Université Paris-Saclay and Université Paris Descartes has developed a nano-drug that has been found to reduce pain in rodents. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group ...
Medications
Research into opioid painkillers could provide clues for safer drug development
Researchers have taken a step closer to understanding the body's response to opioid painkillers such as morphine and fentanyl, which could lead to the development of safer opioid drugs.
Jan 21, 2019
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Addiction
Hope for cannabis as treatment for opioid addiction
Canada currently finds itself at the intersection of two historic social phenomena with massive implications for public health.
Nov 22, 2018
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Neuroscience
Opioid gene variant in adolescents reduces reward, may increase later substance abuse risk
Adolescents with a particular variant of an opioid receptor gene have less response in a part of prefrontal cortex that evaluates rewards, compared to those with the other version of the gene, say researchers at Georgetown ...
Nov 5, 2018
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