[Carriage Hill]

It's not morphine or oxycodone causing all the opioid deaths; Fentanyl is the culprit.

[exDemMom]

I wonder if drugs that selectively target the other opioid receptors would be effective for pain in people like me, for whom opioids give no relief. They sure cause plenty of side effects, though.

[TChad]

So this research might lay the groundwork for developing a powerful non-addictive opioid analgesic that does not depress respiration.

Wow. Success could be worth a Nobel Prize.

[familyop]

"'Drugs that selectively bind to the DOP receptor probably do not have these dramatic side effects,' hopes Prof. Dr. Christa Müller from the Pharmaceutical Institute"

That's what they said about drugs that permanently damage other receptors and are some of the most addictive and dangerous drugs on the planet.

[LadyDoc]

Opioids are among the most effective painkillers available today. They include, for instance, morphine or oxycodone, which has been prescribed very carelessly in the USA, with serious consequences: Hundreds of thousands of patients have become addicted; many of them later ended up on drugs such as heroin or fentanyl.

not true.

using opioids to control pain may lead to physical addiction, but once the pain is relieved, you can wean the patient off the opioids.

and some people with chronic pain can be controlled and live a normal life with a stable dose of narcotics.

This is not addiction, which refers to drug seeking behavior and a gradual increase in the use of all sorts of drugs to get high

One is giving a drug so a person can lead a normal life, the second is using all sorts of drugs to get high and escape from life's burdens.

the cure fort this is (guess what) religion, to give meaning to life. Christians insist we can offer our sufferings to God as a prayer, and that bearing suffering with patience leads to us being more sympathetic to others who suffer; Buddhism insists life is suffering, so is to be endured. Hindus say our suffering is a result of sins of a previous life so bearing suffering is a way to atone for our sins..

But the churches are too busy preaching climate change and gay rights to preach such things. The only ones doing so are the "fundamentalists", and (ironically) Jordan Peterson...