The properties of the drug are what one doctors calls “a 'wish list' for what we would want in a safer opioid” that could ...
Cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid 10 times more potent than fentanyl, is linked to dozens of deaths and is spreading across ...
An experimental opioid alternative called DFNZ achieved effective pain relief in mice without addiction risk or breathing ...
The drug belongs to an emergent subclass of synthetic opioids known as ‘orphines’ which first appeared on the recreational ...
Narcan may not work on people who overdose.
More than a dozen people are facing charges related to a major drug bust in Northern New Jersey. Attorney General Matt Platkin says that his office, along with other law enforcement departments, filed ...
A new study exposes challenges in reversing opioid overdoses with naloxone when potent synthetic drugs like fentanyl and ...
Globally, opioid overdose deaths are more common than you think. It is one of the most important public health concerns, ...
Far fewer people are using opioids than a decade ago, surveys indicate, and substance use experts and former opioid users say that — along with increased use of the anti-opioid nasal spray naloxone — ...
The study focuses on DFNZ, a molecule derived from a class of synthetic opioids first explored in the mid-20th century but ...
Cychlorphine is not approved for human use, and officials warned it is frequently mixed with other illicit drugs.