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  • High-dose opiates like oxycodone easily bought on Dutch black market
  • High-Potency Opioid Relieves Pain Without the Risks
  • Early Tests Show New ‘Safer Opioid’ May Relieve Pain Without Addiction Risk

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nltimes.nl /2 weeks ago

High-dose opiates like oxycodone easily bought on Dutch black market

Strong painkillers like oxycodone and fentanyl are extensively traded on the black market.

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neurosciencenews.com /1 month ago

High-Potency Opioid Relieves Pain Without the Risks

Researchers have engineered a novel nitazene-based opioid, DFNZ, that provides potent pain relief without causing respiratory depression or addiction. The "superagonist" drug could...

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theheartysoul.com /1 month ago

Early Tests Show New ‘Safer Opioid’ May Relieve Pain Without Addiction Risk

The search for a safer opioid has followed pain medicine for decades. Doctors still need strong drugs for surgery, major injury, cancer pain, and severe flare-ups. Yet the same med...

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scitechdaily.com /1 month ago

NIH Scientists Discover Powerful New Opioid That Relieves Pain Without Dangerous Side Effects

A newly studied opioid compound is reshaping assumptions about pain treatment and addiction risk. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a powerful...

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nytimes.com /3 weeks ago

What to Know About Orphines, a New Class of Deadly Opioids

The drugs are 10 times more dangerous than fentanyl. They are showing up in street drugs in the South and the Midwest, and will most likely spread to other regions.

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drugs.com /1 month ago

Long-Term Opioid Prescriptions Fall By About A Quarter

TUESDAY, April 14, 2026 — Long-term opioid prescriptions have declined dramatically in the United States, reflecting progress made against America’s opioid epidemic, a new study s...

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tubantia.nl /2 weeks ago

Zware pijnstillers 'kinderlijk eenvoudig' uit ziekenhuis gestolen en verhandeld op zwarte markt

Zware pijnstillers zoals oxycodon en morfine worden volop verhandeld op de zwarte markt, zo blijkt uit onderzoek van Zembla. Die flink verslavende opiaten, eenvoudig te scoren via...

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addictionrecoveryebulletin.org /1 month ago

Powerful New Opioid Relieves Pain With No Dangerous Side Effects

BULLSHIT OR REAL? – April 6, 2026 – “Opioid pain medications are essential for medical purposes, but can lead to addiction and overdose,” said Nora D. Volkow, M.D., director of NIH...

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painnewsnetwork.org /1 month ago

GLP-1 Drugs Offer Real Hope for People With Pain or Addiction

By Dr. Lynn WebsterIn Greek mythology, the goddess Panacea carried a potion that could heal any disease. It’s a seductive image, and it’s how GLP-1 drugs can start to feel as repor...

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fiercebiotech.com /1 month ago

AI model designs new treatment candidate for opioid addiction that cuts cravings in rats

While the opioid epidemic is one of the most urgent public health emergencies facing the U.S., new therapeutic approaches for treating the underlying substance use disorder have la...

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kevinmd.com /1 month ago

How the opioid superagonist DFNZ challenges pain medicine

A publication in Nature in April 2026 reports that N-desethyl-fluornitrazene (DFNZ), a modified nitazene and µ-opioid receptor (MOR) superagonist, produced potent analgesia in rode...

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fourstateshomepage.com /3 days ago

Missouri Attorney General warns of potent '7-OH' opioid sold over-the-counter

Missouri's Attorney General is taking legal action against the sale of "7-OH", a potent opioid that is being sold over the counter and is three times more powerful than morphine, w...

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painnewsnetwork.org /2 weeks ago

All Opioids – Not Just Suboxone – Raise Risk of Dental Disease 

By Pat AnsonSuboxone isn’t the only opioid medication linked with dental decay and disease.A large study led by VA Connecticut researchers found that patients on long-term opioid t...

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arthroplastyjournal.org /1 month ago

American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Position Statement on Opioid Use for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of th...

Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee is common and affects millions of patients[1]. Symptoms may include stiffness and loss of mobility, as well as pain. Managing pain in the nonoper...

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painnewsnetwork.org /1 month ago

Medical Cannabis Significantly Reduced Use of Opioids and Other Rx Drugs  

By Pat Anson A new survey of cannabis users in Germany found a significant reduction in their use of painkillers, sleep medications, anti-depressants and other prescription drugs a...

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medicalxpress.com /2 weeks ago

Pediatric surgery program cuts opioid use by 56%

A 21-element recovery program for children undergoing gastrointestinal surgery reduced opioid use during hospitalization by 56%, according to a large clinical trial led by Northwes...

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painnewsnetwork.org /1 week ago

CYP2D6: The Enzyme That Determines How Fast We Metabolize Opioids

By Dipa KamdarFor a medicine so commonly found in bathroom cabinets and high street pharmacies, codeine has a surprisingly complicated story. It sits at the intersection of pain re...

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