A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s - but are quickly gaining a foothold in street ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Opioid agonist treatment reduced mortality rates among people with opioid dependence, according to results of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Grebely added: “However, to our knowledge, no study has evaluated whether opioid agonist therapy is associated ...

November 7, 2008 — Extended therapy with buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone, Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals) substantially improves outcomes in opioid-addicted youth and might offer clinicians a new, ...

Few patients with opioid toxicity receive opioid agonist therapy (OAT), data suggest. In a retrospective study that examined about 21,000 hospital visits related to opioid use disorder (OUD) in ...

A new global review has found that receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) is associated with lower risk of multiple causes of death among people with opioid dependence. The review found that people ...

Addressing overdoses from “street drugs” containing potent synthetic opioids poses a key challenge when utilizing opioid antagonists. A standard approach to known or suspected opioid overdose includes ...