Promising Clinical Trials for Fentanyl and Heroin Vaccines: Hope for Addiction Treatment and Prevention

2023-09-13 09:04:00 A vaccine should help fentanyl addicts with treatment in the future and prevent at least some of the deaths. The vaccine is scheduled to go into clinical trials early next year, as is another that works against heroin. “If the two vaccines prove safe and effective in these clinical trials, we hope to … Read more

“Understanding Opioids: How Natural and Therapeutic Opioids Work at the Cellular Level”

2023-04-20 10:30:00 The human body naturally produces opioid-like substances such as endorphins, which have pain-relieving effects. In pain therapy, on the other hand, opioid-containing drugs such as morphine or fentanyl are used. Their major disadvantage: They make you dizzy, can dangerously slow down your breathing and carry a high risk of addiction. Excessive abuse causes … Read more

‘He seems intent on making every crisis worse’; Republicans highlight ‘shared interests’ with Mexico but criticize AMLO

Republican senators presented a resolution on relations between the United States and Mexico, in which, although they stressed that there are “shared interests,” they affirmed that on issues such as illegal immigration and the fight against drugs, the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, “seems intent on making each of these crises worse by refusing … Read more

New non-opioid painkiller – Fewer side effects and no risk of addiction – Heilpraxis

Treat pain optimally without the risk of addiction Now became a new one non-opioid pain reliever (analgesic) which results in fewer side effects than other strong painkillers. Another benefit is that the pain reliever does not appear to be addictive. In a new study involving experts from University of Cambridge was found that the so-called … Read more