Opioids and Addiction
I have been hearing more and more these days that doctors are handing out high-potency pain killers like they are candy and I have been wondering why, when thes...
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Opioid Withdrawal. . . Not a Fun Process.
This week, our class focused on an article that discussed the role of glutamate (an important neurotransmitter) in drug addiction. It emphasized opioid addictio...
Pain killers and addiction!
Opioid analgesics are both a blessing and a curse. Being well-known pain killers, there is no doubt that they are very effective in alleviating pain but at the ...
Dear Dad, I want more. The basis of addiction.
What makes certain drugs more or less addictive? Why do patients often become addicted to morphine? This week in class we discussed opioids and what causes th...