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Opioid receptor MOR1 changes discovered in neurodegenerative disease model

December 11, 2020 Changes, discovered, disease, in, model, MOR1, neurodegenerative, Opioid, receptor

Huntington’s disease is a fatal inherited disorder that strikes most often in middle age with mood disturbances, uncontrollable limb movements,

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Study examines opioid involvement in US drug overdoses

January 8, 2020 drug, examines, in, involvement, Opioid, overdoses, study, US

Fatal overdoses involving stimulants (cocaine and other psychostimulants, primarily methamphetamine) have been increasing over the past few years. A recent

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A key to the opioid crisis may be knowing why some brains are more easily addicted

November 19, 2019 A, addicted, Are, be, brain's, crisis, easily?, key, Knowing, may, more, Opioid, some, the, to, Why

Today, more Americans die from overdoses than car accidents. Understanding how to treat individuals with opioid addiction will be crucial

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The opioid crisis: Drug overdose deaths are down for the first time in 30 years

July 22, 2019 30, Are, crisis, deaths, Down, drug, First, for, in, Opioid, overdose:, the, Time, years

Drug overdoses cause more deaths in the U.S. than gun violence, car accidents, or H.I.V. did when they reached their

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Opioid crisis helps explain rise in cocaine deaths: report

May 3, 2019 Cocaine, crisis, deaths, explain, helps, in, Opioid, report, Rise

Cocaine deaths have been rising in the U.S., health officials said Thursday in their latest report on the nation’s overdose

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At Risk for an Opioid OD? There’s an App for That

January 10, 2019 an, app, at, for, OD, Opioid, risk, that, There's

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 9, 2019 — Drug users suffering an opioid overdose might soon have access to an unusual lifeline —

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FDA Advisory Panels: Prescribe Naloxone With Opioid Painkillers

December 20, 2018 Advisory, FDA, Naloxone, Opioid, Painkillers, Panels:, prescribe, with

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19, 2018 — The labels of prescription opioid painkillers should advise doctors to consider simultaneously prescribing the opioid

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Jamie Lee Curtis Opens Up About Her Opioid Addiction

October 24, 2018 about, Addiction, Curtis, Her, Jamie, Lee, Opens, Opioid, up

Jamie Lee Curtis may be best known for her acting — the Golden Globe winner has starred in several blockbusters,

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Deaths of despair in the era of Donald Trump: The opioid epidemic is just part of the problem

September 27, 2018 deaths, despair, Donald, epidemic, era, in, is, just, of, Opioid, part, problem, the, Trump:

Opioid-related deaths contributed to more than 60 000 U.S. lives lost in 2016 but absolute declines in life expectancy relative

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Bigger Drop in Opioid Prescribing After CDC Guideline Release

August 28, 2018 after, Bigger, CDC, Drop, Guideline, in, Opioid, Prescribing, Release

MONDAY, Aug. 27, 2018 — Release of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for

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