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New substances that activate adrenalin receptors instead of opioid receptors have a similar pain-relieving effect to opiates, but without the negative aspects such as respiratory depression and addiction. New findings are a milestone in the development of non-opioid pain relief.Read more on Dynamite News:

In the late Eighties, Carrie Fisher went to rehab for drug addiction – a few years later, she turned her experiences into a celebrated debut novel. Kat Lister looks back on how the Star Wars legend chose comedy in the quest for truth over shame

Matthew Perry was on life support with a "2 per cent chance to live" when his colon burst from an opioid addiction.

Drug addicts need treatment, as Peter Bensinger rightfully pointed out, but he is badly mistaken to think that the criminalization of drug sales and possession are also deterrents.

“Friends” actor Matthew Perry feels “grateful to be a live” after a lengthy battle with addiction and repeated trips to rehab, he said in a new interview.

Paul Kehoe irritated many when he referred to O'Connell Street being overrun with 'druggies'

The Chandler Bing actor’s colon burst from opioid overuse and what followed was five months in hospital and nine with a colostomy bag

Friends actor Matthew Perry says his family were told he only had a 2% chance of surviving a terrifying opioid overdose and he was left using a colostomy bag following his near-death experience, as he opens up about his battles with addiction

I was four years clean when my beloved brother died – I had promised him I would finish my memoir, so that’s what I did, says author Matt Rowland Hill

The Illinois Department of Insurance is fining health insurer Celtic Insurance Co. $1.25 million for allegedly failing to cover mental health and addiction at the same levels as other medical issues.

New Bell County addiction recovery center would reunite mothers with children