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Scientists found a safer way opioids can relieve pain without fatal risks
For decades, opioids have been the blunt instrument of modern pain care, powerful enough to quiet severe suffering yet risky ...
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Scientists design opioids that ease pain with fewer dangers
Scientists are racing to redesign how powerful painkillers work, aiming to keep the relief that opioids provide while ...
New research reveals previously unknown ways opioid receptors can function, opening the door to safer pain treatments.
Opioids slot into opioid receptors and activate them. This sends signals to your brain to relieve pain and promote pleasure. Both endogenous opioids, which your body naturally produces, and exogenous ...
Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...
Having a pill that alleviates chronic pain without adverse side effects or the risk of addiction remains an unmet pharmaceutical need for millions of people currently using traditional opioid drugs.
This confocal microscope image shows midbrain neurons (red) co-expressing the mu-opioid receptor (Oprm1, white) and cannabinoid receptor 1 (Cnr1, green). The interaction of these two reward pathways ...
When the season turns darker and colder, animals’ brown fat starts to grow. The tissue produces heat efficiently and rapidly, and regulates appetite. Brown fat is also present in people. In a new ...
Having a pill that alleviates chronic pain without adverse side effects or the risk of addiction remains an unmet pharmaceutical need for millions of people currently using traditional opioid drugs.
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