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2020-500: Separation of the Analgesic and Addictive Consequences of Opiate Administration

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Psychiatry have discovered a novel approach that decreases the additive response of patients to opiates, but maintains their potent pain relief property. BACKGROUND: Prescription opioids are commonly prescribed by medical doctors to treat symptoms of severe pain. Opioids function by binding and activating...

Published: 9/14/2023 | Inventor(s): Jerome Siegel, Ronald McGregor, Frank Wu

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Category(s): Therapeutics, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology, Therapeutics > Critical Care > Anesthesiology

2000-282 Systemic Administration of Hypocretin-1

Systemic Administration of Hypocretin-1SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Psychiatry have developed a treatment for sleep disorder via injection of highly excitatory neuropeptide hormone hypocretin-1.BACKGROUNDNarcolepsy is a sleep disorder that is characterized by excessive sleepiness, sleep paralysis, hallucinations, and sometimes cataplexy,...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Jerome Siegel, Joshi John, Frank Wu

Keywords(s): Musculoskeletal Disease, Therapeutics & Vaccines

Category(s): Therapeutics, Therapeutics > Musculoskeletal Disease