Your body naturally produces opioids without causing addiction or overdose

Opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: the kind face offers pain relief to millions of sufferers, while the grim visage drives a crisis of opioid abuse and overdose that has claimed nearly 70,000 lives across the United States United only in 2020 . One possible path to achieving this lies in understanding the molecular pathways that opioids use to work their effects in your body. (unsplash) {{^RegisteredUser}} {{/RegisteredUser}} {{^RegisteredUser}} {{/RegisteredUser}} Scientists like me who study pain and opioids have been looking for a…

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