A peek into opioid users' brains as they try to quit

By The Associated Press ·

Opioid addiction changes the brain in ways that even when people quit can leave them vulnerable to relapse

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Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, works in the MRI lab at the National Institutes of Health’s research hospital in Bethesda, Md., in May.

U.S. government scientists are starting to peek into the brains of people caught in the opioid epidemic, to see if medicines proven to treat addiction, like methadone, do more than ease the cravings and withdrawal. Do they also heal a brain damaged by addiction? And which one works best for which patient?

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