Super-potent opioids could be safer-than-expected alternatives to conventional painkillers

Modified nitazenes, opioids 1,000 times stronger than morphine, show remarkably few adverse effects in rodents, renewing the potential of these drugs for pain relief.

Mathis V, Darcq E.
Nature. 2026 Apr 1. doi: 10.1038/d41586-026-00806-3. PMID: 41922748 

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