A major breakthrough in our understanding of pain has been revealed in a collaborative study led by a Leeds scientist, ...

Opioid addiction doesn’t just take a toll on the body—it reshapes the brain itself. A new study reveals that opioid use ...

Black men born 1951-1970 always have had the greatest risk of dying of overdoses, even in their 20s, 30s and 40s. It's true ...

Many systems in your body are altered when you take large amounts of opioids for a long time. Withdrawal effects occur because it takes time for your body to adjust to no longer having opioids in ...

PAMORAs block the effects of opioids throughout the body but because they cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, they preserve pain-relieving properties of these drugs. Methylnaltrexone is approved ...

Boosting the endocannabinoid 2-AG in the brain can counteract opioid addiction while preserving their pain relief, a Weill ...

One-year-old Nicholas Dominici died from ingesting the deadly opioid fentanyl at a day care center because the owner did not ...

Some people could be longer than that," Ciccarone said. Fentanyl abuse isn't the only opioid that can cause the awkward body reaction, Ciccarone said. Any opioid can have the same effect on users.

Opioids increase dopamine by binding to opioid ... giving in to the space around my body and merging into an infinite horizon. By whom was I loved? And who was generating this love?

"Naloxone doesn't have any intrinsic effect in the body. It doesn't have any psychoactive effects. It doesn't affect the brain in any kind of meaningful way other than just reversing the opioid." ...

His body started to change ... born from 1951 through 1970, have been dying of opioid poisoning at a greater rate than any other segment of society. And that’s been true for decades.