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Opioid vaccine blocks the high

Experts say the fentanyl vaccine is a gamechanger for relapse prevention

Photo by Colin Davis on Unsplash

It’s 100X more potent than morphine and tiny doses (about the size of four grains of salt) are enough to kill an adult. Fentanyl is an extremely powerful synthetic painkiller driving the opioid crisis in many parts of the world.

Opioid Use Disorder (or addiction of this highly addictive class of drugs) is a…

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River D'Almeida, Ph.D

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