Opioids without the risk of addiction?
Scientists are working to develop medicines that have the pain-relieving effects of opioids without the high risk of misuse and addiction. Since misuse is linked [...]
Dr. Jack Stein appointed NIDA Chief of Staff
Jack B. Stein, Ph.D. Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has appointed Jack B. Stein, Ph.D., to be the [...]
Opioid Overdose Reversal News: FDA-approved naloxone devices produce substantially higher blood levels of naloxone than improvised nasal spray
Naloxone is a potentially life-saving drug commonly used to reverse opioid overdoses and can be injected as a liquid or delivered as a nasal spray. [...]
Serotonin Unexpectedly Regulates Expression of Brain Genes
The brain chemical serotonin can regulate expression of genes within neurons in a very unexpected way, as described in a NIDA-funded paper just published in [...]
Monthly buprenorphine injections effective for opioid use disorders
A newly published study suggests the long-acting buprenorphine formulation BUP-XR is more effective than placebo in helping patients struggling with addiction to opioids. BUP-XR is [...]
New toolkit for genomic editing holds promise for addiction research
The scientific world has advanced immeasurably by the science of DNA and genetics. Manipulating gene expression to change the way that cells such as neurons [...]
ENSO Recovery Founder to Present at 3rd World Congress Opioid Management Summit
ADDRESS THE GROWING OPIOID EPIDEMIC THROUGH IMPROVED OPIOID MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE HEALTH SYSTEM - February 26 - 27th, 2019 - Washington DC Clinical leaders [...]
Higher rates of NAS linked with economic conditions
A NIDA-funded analysis of eight states showed a significant association between rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and poor economic conditions. NAS is a series [...]
Cascade of Care model recommended for opioid crisis
Courtesy of NIDA A team of NIDA-funded scientists has offered a critical look at how to build an improved framework of care for the identification [...]
A whole new view of CB2
NIDA Press Office301-443-6245media@nida.nih.gov About the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a component of the National Institutes of [...]