opioid receptor

Cocaine . the Effects ? Nose Rot ?

Question by : cocaine . the effects ? nose rot ? ok i KNOW it rots your knows and i KNOW the effets i do use it( not much though, to be honest mephadrone is more of my thing (not… Continue reading

Protein Complex May Be an Effective Alternative to Opioid Pain Medications

Protein complex may be an effective alternative to opioid pain medications A drug targeting a protein complex containing two different types of opioid receptors may be an effective alternative to morphine and other opioid pain medications, without any of the… Continue reading

Psychiatrist Exposes How Public Policies Have Devastated Health of Communities

...  that led to the fracturing of communities. Her seventh book on the … At the beginning of … Read more on Psychiatric News 'Exhausted, teary, shakes': What quitting sugar is really like When Princeton University scientists fed rats sugar… Continue reading

Stress & Addiction: Research Identifies How Stress Triggers Drug Relapse

Stress & Addiction: Research Identifies How Stress Triggers Drug Relapse Stress activates kappa opioid receptors (KORs) in the VTA, and the researchers found that by blocking the KORs, they could prevent the rats from relapsing to cocaine use while under… Continue reading

How Stress Triggers Drug Relapse

How stress triggers drug relapse When researchers treated rats that had recovered from cocaine addiction with a chemical that blocks the “kappa opioid receptors” that stress activates in the VTA, the rats didn't relapse to cocaine use under stress. Untreated… Continue reading

Antidotes for Drugs?

Question by Ash: antidotes for drugs? ok, im in nursing school and i have a tone of drugs i have been looking up and im having trouble finding antidotes or antagonist! the only ones that are shown in my drug… Continue reading