A two-week pilot study of intranasal oxytocin for cocaine-dependent individuals receiving methadone maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder. Stauffer CS, Musinipally V, Suen A, Lynch KL, Shapiro B, Woolley JD. Addict Res Theory. 2016;24(6)...

Oxytocin protocol appears workable and safe for methadone patients who use cocaine Some 30 to 60 percent of patients in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) for opioid use disorders use cocaine. Compared to other MMT patients, those who use cocain...

Why Females Are More Sensitive to Cocaine This research: Examined why females are more sensitive than males to the rewarding and motivational effects of stimulant drugs. Demonstrated that the female hormone estradiol is responsible for the incr...

Cebranopadol, a Mixed Opioid Agonist, Reduces Cocaine Self-administration through Nociceptin Opioid and Mu Opioid Receptors. Shen Q, Deng Y, Ciccocioppo R, Cannella N. Front Psychiatry. 2017 Nov 13;8:234. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00234. https:/...

NASHVILLE — For the first time, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation scientists have detected fentanyl, a potentially deadly narcotic, mixed in with samples of cocaine. (USA Today, 20.10.2017) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/201...

The synthetic opioid increases potential overdose at an alarming rate. (mixmag, USA, 23.10.2017) http://mixmag.net/read/tennessee-crime-lab-warns-of-fentanyl-laced-cocaine-circulating-parts-of-the-us-news