‘The Next Wave in the Opioid Crisis': A New Drug Stronger Than Fentanyl Is Taking Off

A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s - but are quickly gaining a foothold in street ...

A path to safer painkillers: Using cryo-electron microscopy, scientists visualize how opioids engage key brain receptor

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid ...
The New York Times

An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...
Daily Trojan

Dornsife researchers develop breakthrough in safer opioids development

The group of researchers were the first to take snapshots of the moment naloxone reverses an opioid overdose in the brain.
WESA

How Do Former Opioid Addicts Safely Get Pain Relief After Surgery?

Nearly 1.5 million Americans were treated for addiction to prescription opioids or heroin in 2015, according to federal estimates, and when those people get seriously hurt or need surgery, it's often ...