By putting a carbon atom in place of a core oxygen, chemists constructed an opioid that blocks pain with less respiratory ...

Heroin, one of the world’s most notorious narcotics, has a complex history that begins with the opium poppy. For thousands of years, people used the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) for its ...

In a study published in Science, researchers at Karolinska Institutet describe the neural processes behind how morphine ...

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A 1940 Mexican experiment with treating drug addiction as a matter of public health provides a blueprint for the United States today.

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11-year-old in remission from leukemia went to the hospital in pain. The prescribed morphine then killed her Ava Wilson, 11, died after she was given excessive levels of morphine, her family's ...

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Natural opioids, which people also call opiates, derive from the opium poppy. Doctors may prescribe opiates as pain relief medications. Learn more here.

Researchers describe the neural processes behind how morphine relieves pain. This is valuable knowledge because the drug has such serious side effects.