Updating the Opioid Crisis: Novel Approaches to Reducing Opioid Abuse and Overdose
Sunday April 05, 2020
8:00 am
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10:00 am
Eastern Time (ET)
Room 16 AB
BEH
DDD
MP
Chair :
Greg Collins
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Sarah Withey
Mclean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
The United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, with current estimates placing the number of opioid-related deaths at more than 70,000 per year. This symposium will provide an update on the current state of the epidemic, with an eye towards challenges that we will face in the coming years. This symposium will also describe novel pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic approaches to combat opioid addiction and overdose, such as opioid-specific vaccines and pseudo-irreversible opioid receptor antagonists. Finally, this symposium will discuss innovative approaches to reduce opioid addiction through the development of non-opioid (or opioid-sparing) strategies to relieve pain.
Speakers
Wilson Compton
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NIH
The U.S. Opioid Crisis: Science = Solutions
Marco Pravetoni
- University of Minnesota
Vaccines and Antibodies to Counteract Opioid use Disorders and Overdose
Charles France
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Methocinamox, A Novel and Long-lasting Approach to Treating Opioid Abuse and Overdose
Carolyn Fairbanks
- University of Minnesota
Reduction of Chronic Pain and Opioid Self-administration using Agmatine-based Therapeutics