October 16, 2024
According to new research from UC San Diego School of Medicine, men and women rely on different biological systems for pain relief, which could help explain why our most powerful pain medications are often less effective in women. Photo credit: iStock/peterschreibermedia
January 24, 2020
Approximately one-quarter of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them, with five to 10 percent developing an opioid use disorder or addiction. In a new study, UC San Diego researchers found that opioid dependence produced permanent changes in the brains of rats.
June 13, 2024
UC San Diego School of Medicine part of $50M initiative to use predictive AI to help fight opioid abuse.
August 28, 2019
As the opioid tramadol has grown in popularity so too have documented cases of adverse effects. In a new study, researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego show that patients who take tramadol are at greater risk for hypoglycemia, abnormally low blood sugar.
February 23, 2022
The National Institutes of Health have awarded UC San Diego a grant totaling $12.4 million. This will support a new research center dedicated to studying the human brain and central nervous system 〈CNS〉, specifically the ways they’re affected by HIV and opioids.
March 25, 2021
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that opioid users who participated in a 12-step abstinence program and recently stopped using drugs refused to take home naloxone, even if having it on hand might save lives.
August 10, 2017
QI Innovation Space member CARI Therapeutics has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to collaboratively develop a biosensor that will detect the presence of opioids in patients in recovery.
June 29, 2020
Despite being considered the world’s second largest producer of opium and heroin, little is known about poppy cultivation in Mexico. Yet, the opioid crisis remains a huge problem across much of the U.S. and Mexico and COVID-19 appears to have made matters worse.
February 6, 2023
A free Rescue Me CPR! app was created by UC San Diego Health’s Mark Greenberg, MD, as a tool to help combat the surge of opioid overdoses. The app uses videos and simple instructions to walk anyone through all the necessary steps to perform basic life support in real time.
May 20, 2021
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that functional impairments among adults aged 50 and older are associated with a higher risk of medical cannabis use; and prescription opioid and tranquilizer/sedative use and misuse.
