Opioid-Like Non-Addictive Drug Beats Depression in Clinical Trials
Opioid-like non-addictive drug beats depression in clinical trials – A new heroine-like drug designed to alleviate symptoms of depression without generating the addictive high of heroin has shown positive results in clinical trials. The drug, ALKS 5461, developed by Alkermes Pharmaceuticals, combines the partial mu-opioid agonist buprenorphine, which delivers some of the effects of opiates, with a novel counteracting mu-opioid antagonist called ALKS 33. This means that the patient receives the mood-lifting, anxiety-lowering effect effects of opiates but not the euphoria, because ALKS 33 blocks buprenorphine from binding to receptors that are involved in making people feel euphoric.
Mixed up with Molly
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That means more young people have started partaking in a culture that has a stigma of drug abuse. … Dave said he has taken Molly seven times over the course of 10 months and experienced all of the symptoms described by NIDA. According to NIDA, the …
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Lower cuff pressure reduces wound complications in TKA
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(Medical Xpress)—What is the best intervention window for someone struggling with cocaine addiction? When he or she is in the middle of a drug binge, or after a period of abstinence when there is … targeted parts of the brain, then a solution …
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Kennedy family member on addictions, recovery
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About 25 years ago, after struggling desperately with drug and alcohol addiction, a guy at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in New York told Christopher Kennedy Lawford something incredibly profound. … his own struggles, in his memoir “Symptoms of …
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