Starting opioid agonist treatment after hospitalization for toxicity halves risk of repeat event

A new study led by researchers at the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Unity Health Toronto shows ...

Buprenorphine Lowers Opioid OD Risk, But Only If Taken As Directed Long-Term

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The opioid addiction medication buprenorphine ...
Daily Trojan

Dornsife researchers develop breakthrough in safer opioids development

The group of researchers were the first to take snapshots of the moment naloxone reverses an opioid overdose in the brain.
Medscape

Opioid Agonist Therapy Underused, Data Suggest

Few patients with opioid toxicity receive opioid agonist therapy (OAT), data suggest. In a retrospective study that examined about 21,000 hospital visits related to opioid use disorder (OUD) in ...
Healio

Opioid agonist therapy increases linkage to HCV care among PWID

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Grebely added: “However, to our knowledge, no study has evaluated whether opioid agonist therapy is associated ...

Molecular Movie Shows How Painkillers Trigger Opioid Receptors

Scientists have visualized for the first time how opioids such as loperamide and the antidote naloxone engage a key brain receptor, offering insight that could lead to better pain treatments.
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Listening to your favorite songs modulates your brain’s opioid system

Listening to a favorite song can trigger a profound emotional response that rivals the feelings produced by biological ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Opioid Antagonists: Treatment Considerations and Updates

Addressing overdoses from “street drugs” containing potent synthetic opioids poses a key challenge when utilizing opioid antagonists. A standard approach to known or suspected opioid overdose includes ...