Health
Calls to city 311 lines can predict opioid overdose hotspots
Service requests to city non-emergency telephone lines can help identify "hotspots" for opioid use and overdoses, a study in Columbus found.
Nov 11, 2020
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Addiction
Dramatic escalation in opioid use over a decade revealed
Prescriptions for the addictive drug codeine jumped by a factor of five between 2006 and 2017, a University of Manchester study of 2 million opioid users has shown.
Oct 15, 2020
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Neuroscience
Heroin-addicted individuals have unique brain disturbances resembling those of Alzheimer's
Heroin-addicted individuals have alterations in the expression a gene called FYN—a gene known to regulate the production of Tau, a protein that is highly elevated and implicated in neurocognitive disorders like Alzheimer's ...
Sep 15, 2020
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Medical research
Patients taking long-term opioids produce antibodies against the drugs
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have discovered that a majority of back-pain patients they tested who were taking opioid painkillers produced anti-opioid antibodies.
Aug 17, 2020
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Medications
Patients' access to opioid treatment cumbersome
Women are having a difficult time getting into treatment for opioid addictions, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published today in JAMA Network Open.
Aug 14, 2020
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Neuroscience
'Erasing' drug-associated memories may help prevent addiction relapse
Research surrounding addiction often points to the reward of a "high" as the primary motivation for drug use and relapse. However, it's often the acute symptoms of withdrawal, including nausea, vomiting, pain and cramping, ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Medical research
Delta opioid receptor identified as promising therapeutic target for inflammatory pain relief
Delta opioid receptors have a built-in mechanism for pain relief and can be precisely targeted with drug-delivering nanoparticles—making them a promising target for treating chronic inflammatory pain with fewer side effects, ...
Jun 15, 2020
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Addiction
Early prevention programs for children could help end the opioid crisis
Can a program for Grade 7 students help end the opioid crisis? The answer is yes, according to compelling research findings on school-based primary prevention interventions.
Aug 15, 2024
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Medications
Racial and economic barriers hinder access to medicine for treating opioid use disorder, study finds
Patients with a prescription for an opioid use disorder medication may have a tough time getting it filled if their pharmacy is in a community that's racially and economically segregated, according to a new study led by scientists ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Addiction
Q&A: How opioid treatment can keep newborns out of foster care
Opioid-exposed newborns were 41% more likely to be discharged home from the hospital with their biological mother when the mothers receive medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy, according to a study published ...
Aug 14, 2024
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