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Nitazenes: synthetic opioids more deadly than fentanyl are starting to turn up in overdose cases
Nitazenes were developed as a powerful class of painkiller in the 1950s, but they were abandoned – until now.
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GLP 1 & Ozempic: How These Affect Weight Loss & Metabolic Health | Dr. Rob Lustig & Dr. Casey Means
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AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think
It takes forever to get drugs on the market. AI could help speed up the process.
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Many Vital Drugs Are Now Impossible to Find. Here's Why.
Past public ire over high drug prices has recently taken a back seat to a more insidious problem – no drugs at any price.
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Cheap Diabetes Drug Slashes Risk of Long COVID, Study Finds
People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for COVID-19 had a 40 percent lower risk of getting long COVID, a US-based study said Friday.
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'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine can manipulate the brain.
"Truth serum" comes in several forms, including sodium pentothal. Find out how the drugs work to make it more difficult — but not impossible — to lie.
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Up to 9% of LSD and psilocybin users report reoccurring effects after drug has worn off
New research published in the journal Psychopharmacology explored the occurrence of flashback phenomena — drug-like effects that spontaneously recur following hallucinogen exposure. The results from six placebo-controlled studies revealed that flashback phenomena occurred for up to 9.2% of participants after LSD or psilocybin exposure.
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Pfizer will not sell drugs for profit in poor nations
US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer said it would sell its patented drugs at cost to 45 low-income countries.
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Non-opioid pain pill shows promise in clinical trials
An experimental pain drug that may offer an alternative to opioids has shown promise in two small clinical trials for acute pain, its developer announced today.
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'Euphoria' sparks rise in young people seeking help for addiction
Euphoria has led to a rise in young people seeking help for addiction problems, according to the UK Addiction Treatment Group (UKAT). The HBO series wrapped up its second season last night (February 27), and throughout its run one of the main themes has been drug addiction, particularly shown through the perspective of Rue Bennett (Zendaya).
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$4 million worth of heroin seized by U.S. Navy in Arabian Sea
United States navy vessels seized 849 pounds of heroin in the Arabian Sea worth some $4 million, in a major bust by the international maritime operation.
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Nation's first safe illegal drug use sites open in New York City
New York City became the first city in the country to allow supervised drug use sites where people can use illegal drugs without threat of arrest, under the watch of trained staff, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
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Drug Price Negotiation Is A Second-Best Fix. Here's What Will Really Work
As Democrats struggle to bring together 50 votes to pass the Build Back Better Act, a major sticking point with the legislation has emerged. That is, whether it should include provisions changing the law to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices...
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New Pfizer antiviral and ivermectin, a pharmacodynamic analysis
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Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
A trial of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company said on Friday.
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Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid 'miracle' drug
Thousands worldwide have taken ivermectin to fight Covid. But what's the evidence?
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How biodiversity loss is jeopardising the drugs of the future
From willow bark to mosquitoes, nature has been a source of vital medications for centuries. But species die-off caused by human activity is putting this at risk
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Gut bacteria may reduce drug effectiveness suggests study
Common medications can accumulate in gut bacteria, a new study has found, altering bacterial function and potentially reducing the effectiveness of the drug.
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Ivermectin doesn't speed recovery from mild COVID-19, study shows
Early administration of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin didn't significantly shorten time to clinical improvement in 400 adults mildly ill with COVID-19, a clinical trial today in JAMA finds.
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B.C. non-profit challenges Health Canada to end 50-year prohibition on magic mushrooms | CBC News
TheraPsil has sent a 165-page proposal to Health Canada outlining regulations for so-called magic mushrooms based on the same ones the federal government first created 20 years ago for medicinal cannabis.
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