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Opiate drugs, such as morphine and hydrocodone, are frequently prescribed medications to aid patients in need of chronic pain relief – but they often come at a cost. Opioid addiction can develop for those habitually talking these pain relievers, leading to physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms after abrupt disuse.Now, researchers from the University of Adelaide in Australia and the University of Colorado have found a way to block addiction to opioids like morphine and heroin, while increasing pain relief at the same time. Their results could potentially lead to a new drug that could not only help people with severe pain, but also help heroin users kick the habit.The major breakthrough is part of a paradigm shift in the way to treat drug addiction, according to the researchers. Opioid dependence has become a widespread problem, with one in five children experimenting with prescription opioids before the age of 17. According to the National Institute of Health, approximately 9 p...
Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could sp...
Men taking prescription pain pills in high doses and over long periods of time are more likely to experience erectile dysfunction (ED), according to new research. I...
A second drug company has confirmed it plans to market a new form of the powerful and addictive painkiller hydrocodone, worrying experts who fear a narcotics "arms r...
The number of American soldiers seeking treatment for opiate abuse has skyrocketed over the past five years, at a time when the U.S. military has been surging forces...
Has anyone seen "Molly"?If you've heard that line before, chances are someone was offering you a street drug.The name may sound benign, but "Molly" is a powdered for...
Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of a highly abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of...
EXCLUSIVE: A new designer drug called krokodil -- a derivative of morphine that can turn an addict's skin greenish, scaly and cause it to rot away -- is being eyed...
People who suffer from depression are much more likely to be prescribed powerful opioid painkillers like morphine and codeine and to stay on the drugs long-term, new...
U.S. health regulators on Wednesday issued the strongest possible warning to physicians to avoid prescribing codeine to children after surgery to remove tonsils, ade...
The family of the late Derek Boogaard reportedly filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the National Hockey League on Friday.According to the New York Times, the fam...
The lawsuit doesn't read nearly as well as the story, which laid bare the life of an NHL enforcer for all to see. The way John Branch wrote about Derek Boogaard in t...
Two paralyzed British men who want to die but cannot kill themselves went to court on Monday seeking protection from prosecution for those who could help them end th...
Bon Jovi awoke at 2 a.m. to a phone call that his daughter, Stephanie, had overdosed on heroin.The rocker recently opened up about the November incident, which he ca...
A picture is worth a thousand words – and sometimes much more when angry fans get involved. While Hollywood stars are notorious for tweeting offensive or inappropria...
Afghan officials say counternarcotics teams have seized roughly 23 tons of heroin and morphine and other chemicals in a helicopter raid.They say the bust on Monday w...
Three years ago I was contacted by an editor of Rowohlt, one of the biggest book publishers in Germany. She said she loved my articles in the Zeit, the prestigious G...
Many parents are not aware that their teenage children abuse "study drugs," a new poll suggests.In the poll, just 1 percent of parents said their teenage children ha...
The most recent revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has arrived, and the latest changes have caused divisions among those in ...
The government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and...
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