A new researcher with St. Michael’s Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science wants to stop the nearly 2,500 opioid-related deaths in Canada every year by making the drugs less deadly.
Read MoreResearchers on a quest to make opioid drugs less lethal have discovered a window of opportunity: a tiny channel in the brain where opioids interfere with the breathing mechanism. They found that mice without this channel kept breathing normally with an opioid overdose — a discovery that may result in new therapies to stop accidental deaths from prescription painkillers.
Read MoreRespiratory depression is a major risk facing patients taking high doses of opioid drugs. New research is revealing how opioids affect breathing, something that could help develop future life-saving therapies.
Read MoreUniversity of Toronto researchers on a quest to make opioid drugs less lethal have discovered a window of opportunity: a tiny channel in the brain where opioids interfere with the breathing mechanism. They found that mice without this channel kept breathing normally with an opioid overdose – a discovery that may result in new therapies to stop accidental deaths from prescription painkillers.
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