Is food addictive? A review of the science

AN Gearhardt, EM Schulte - Annual Review of Nutrition, 2021 - annualreviews.org
As ultraprocessed foods (ie, foods composed of mostly cheap industrial sources of dietary
energy and nutrients plus additives) have become more abundant in our food supply, rates …

Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Naloxone

TI Saari, J Strang, O Dale - Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Naloxone is a World Health Organization (WHO)-listed essential medicine and is
the first choice for treating the respiratory depression of opioids, also by lay-people …

Oxycodone self-administration activates the mitogen-activated protein kinase/mitogen-and stress-activated protein kinase (MAPK-MSK) signaling pathway in the rat …

CA Blackwood, MT McCoy, B Ladenheim, JL Cadet - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
To identify signaling pathways activated by oxycodone self-administration (SA), Sprague–
Dawley rats self-administered oxycodone for 20 days using short—(ShA, 3 h) and long …

[HTML][HTML] The Rise of Fentanyl: Molecular Aspects and Forensic Investigations

C Barletta, V Di Natale, M Esposito, M Chisari… - International Journal of …, 2025 - mdpi.com
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid widely used for its potent analgesic effects in chronic pain
management and intraoperative anesthesia. However, its high potency, low cost, and …

[HTML][HTML] Association of CYP2D6 genotype predicted phenotypes with oxycodone requirements and side effects in children undergoing surgery

S Merchant, CA Prows, F Yang, L Ding… - Annals of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Oxycodone is a commonly used oral opioid in children for treating
postoperative pain. Highly polymorphic gene CYP2D6 metabolizes oxycodone into its more …

Review of Opioid Abuse-Deterrent Formulations: Impact and Barriers to Access

L Webster, J Gudin - Journal of Pain Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The misuse and abuse of opioid analgesics continue to pose a serious public health
concern, but for some patients, opioids remain an important analgesic option. Extended …

Stimulus mediation, specificity and impact of menthol in rats trained to discriminate puffs of nicotine e-cigarette aerosol from nicotine-free aerosol

Y Alkhlaif, KL Shelton - Psychopharmacology, 2024 - Springer
Rationale It is unclear if e-cigarettes have reduced abuse liability relative to traditional
cigarettes, especially when considering advanced devices which deliver nicotine more …

Relationship between opioid cross-tolerance during buprenorphine stabilization and return to opioid use during buprenorphine dose tapering

MK Greenwald, T Sogbesan, TEH Moses - Psychopharmacology, 2024 - Springer
Rationale Opioid injection drug use (IDU) has been linked to a more severe pattern of use
(eg tolerance, overdose risk) and shorter retention in treatment, which may undermine …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of buprenorphine, methadone, and cariprazine on economic choice between remifentanil and food in squirrel monkeys

AS Amirali, JC Hecker, HL Figueroa-Monsanto… - Addiction …, 2023 - Elsevier
We recently reported an economic choice task in which squirrel monkeys chose between
differing amounts of remifentanil, a fast-acting opioid, or a food reward to develop a …

A review on advanced formulations strategies to prevent prescription drug abuse and their impact

B Chandegra, J Raval, P Prajapati - Discover Medicine, 2024 - Springer
The growing issues with prescription drug misuse have required the development of
advanced techniques like abuse-deterrent formulations (ADFs). In this abstract we have …