Targeting multiple opioid receptors - improved analgesics with reduced side effects? Günther T, Dasgupta P, Mann A, Miess E, Kliewer A, Fritzwanker S, Steinborn R, Schulz S. Br J Pharmacol. 2017 Apr 5. doi: 10.1111/bph.13809. Abstract ht...

Addiction Classics: Lee Robins' studies of heroin use among US Vietnam veterans. Hall W, Weier M. Addiction. 2017 Jan;112(1):176-180. doi: 10.1111/add.13584. Epub 2016 Sep 20. Review. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.13584/full

A joint US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee has recommended that a new immediate-release (IR) opioid analgesic be approved and that labeling describe the product as deterring abuse via intranasal (IN) and intravenous (IV) rout...

Die Zähne dieses Fisches sehen Furcht erregend aus. Leider ist er nur zehn Zentimeter lang. Dafür wirkt sein Gift ähnlich wie Heroin. (Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Bilder der Woche, 30.03.2017) http://www.spektrum.de/alias/bilde...

Why a tiny, fanged fish produces a pain-free bite Venom research laboratory scientists have solved the mystery of the pain-free bite from a small, fanged fish. Researchers found that the fang blenny, a reef-dwelling fish, administers a bite tha...

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 ...