The research, published in the journal Cell, describes a method for making
safer opioid painkillers.
Not exact matches
Taking dangerous quantities of the otherwise
safe loperamide is one strategy being used by people addicted to
opioid painkillers and other drugs since it can increase
opioid absorption in the gut; the FDA says it is now working with loperamide manufacturers to change its packaging so that it comes with fewer doses and is thus harder to abuse.
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Researchers have determined how morphine derivatives bind to the kappa
opioid receptor, which should enable
safer painkillers to be developed