Topics and Expertise: opioids

Study details how California pharmacies could expand naloxone access

Thu Oct 8, 2020
Boxes of Narcan are shown on a shelf in a pharmacy.
Susan Merrell

Narcan is the brand name for naloxone.

“Naloxone saves lives,” says Andy Nguyen. But to work it must be given on a moment's notice.

Shoichet co-led research develops safer, potentially less addictive painkiller

Wed Aug 17, 2016
Shoichet
Elisabeth Fall

Brian Shoichet, PhD

Research co-led by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Brian Shoichet, PhD, has developed a new opioid drug candidate that blocks pain as effectively as morphine in mice, without triggering dangerous side effects, and also apparently without the addictive properties of current prescription...

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Edward Leong Way

Mon Jul 25, 2016
Edward Leong Way
Elisabeth Fall

Edward (Eddie) Leong Way, BS ’38, MS ’40, PhD ’42, at his 100th birthday celebration

Edward (Eddie) Leong Way, BS, MS, PhD, celebrated his 100th birthday on July 1, 2016, with more than 70 colleagues, friends, and family at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center.

Dorie Apollonio, PhD, MPP

Wed Mar 6, 2013
Apollonio
Professor

My work considers the activities of industries implicated in the spread of non-communicable diseases, including tobacco, pharmaceuticals, cannabis, alcohol, and food. Some recent work has identified tobacco cessation strategies for vulnerable populations, sought to understand the scope of tobacco...