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2015

Addicts Still Getting High Using Abuse-Deterrent OxyContin

The new abuse-deterrent formulation of OxyContin isn’t preventing abuse in many addicts, a new study has found. In 2013, there were over 16,000 overdose deaths related to prescription painkillers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the opioid abuse epidemic is still a big problem throughout the U.S. The abuse-deterrent formulation …

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Drug Addiction Blamed on Low Levels of Serotonin

A new study out of Australia finds that the development of drug addiction is related to brain levels of serotonin. Researcher Sarah Bradbury at Victoria University in Wellington recently announced the findings of a research project she carried out to determine the role played by neurotransmitters in the onset and continuation of drug addiction. For …

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