LA JOLLA, CA. A vaccine developed at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) to block the “high” of heroin has proven effective in non-human primates. This is the first vaccine against an opioid to pass this stage of preclinical testing....

Opioid antagonists with minimal sedation for opioid withdrawal. Gowing L, Ali R, White JM. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 May 29;5:CD002021. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002021.pub4. Review. Abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553701

Opioid analgesics-related pharmacokinetic drug interactions: from the perspectives of evidence based on randomized controlled trials and clinical risk management. Feng XQ, Zhu LL, Zhou Q. J Pain Res. 2017 May 24;10:1225-1239. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S1...

Silver Spring/Maryland – Die US-Arzneimittelbehörde FDA hat den Hersteller Endo Pharmaceuticals unmissverständlich aufgefordert, das Präparat Opana ER vom Markt zu nehmen. Das Schmerzmittel mit dem Opioid Oxymorphon in einer v...

Drug binding poses relate structure with efficacy in the μ opioid receptor. Sutcliffe KJ, Henderson G, Kelly E, Sessions RB. J Mol Biol. 2017 May 11. pii: S0022-2836(17)30223-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.05.009. http://www.sciencedirect.com/s...

Opiate Analgesics as Negative Modulators of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Potential Implications in Clinical Practice. Bortolotto V, Grilli M. Front Pharmacol. 2017 May 9;8:254. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00254. eCollection 2017. Review. http://...