The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy Committee Opinion No. 711 Summary Obstetrics & Gynecology: August 2017 - Volume 130 - Issue 2 - p 488–489 doi: 10.1097/AOG.000000...

Two novel compounds powerfully suppressed animals’ pain responses, while producing little or none of the respiratory depression and liability for misuse and abuse associated with morphine and other typical opioids. One of the compounds was ...

Nektar Therapeutics has announced positive topline results from an oral human abuse potential (HAP) study of NKTR-181, a first-in-class opioid analgesic for chronic pain that reportedly carries significantly less abuse potential than oxycodone. (M...

ATLANTA –  The yellow pills had already killed four before landing in Brian Hargett’s lab last month. They were clearly counterfeit — the letters P-E-R-C-O-C-E-T were as crooked as the dealer who had peddled them throughout ...

Efficacy of Tramadol Extended-Release for Opioid Withdrawal. Kelly E. Dunn, D. Andrew Tompkins, George E. Bigelow, Eric C. Strain. JAMA Psychiatry, 2017; DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1838 http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/ful...

Fentanyl and carfentanyl – which are many times stronger than morphine – found in bodies of up to 46 people who died this year. (The Guardian, UK, 06.07.2017) https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/06/dozens-of-uk-drug-deaths-li...