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 ...

They are the foundation of the CDC's 2016 opioid guidelines, resulting in legislation that limits opioid prescribing in 36 states. Morphine milligram equivalents, or MMEs, are used to set arbitrary ...

People who have experienced childhood trauma get a more pleasurable 'high' from morphine, new research suggests.

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Morphine has many side effects. The most serious is overdose. We explain morphine side effects, what they are, how to avoid them, and what you can do about them.

We look at the long history of opioid abuse in the U.S. and the first crisis in the 19th century with morphine.

Heroin wasn't always the scourge of society. Find out why it was once hailed as a wonder drug, and how its history connects with aspirin's.

Our findings uncover novel mechanisms in response to morphine-associated environmental cues and the underlying alterations in spine plasticity.

At the turn of the century, some estimates place the number of Americans addicted to morphine, cocaine and heroin at a quarter of a million people, out of a total population of 76 million.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common adverse mental health outcome among seriously injured civilians and military personnel who are survivors of trauma. Pharmacotherapy in the aftermat ...