In a recent request for information, the agency is turning its attention to how define and regulate high-protein yogurt and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking public and industry comments on poppy seeds and high-protein yogurt. Poppy ...

It has been subtle and always a bit in the background but there seems to be a new war against alcohol. Use of alcohol by you, me, and our friends consuming the myriad versions, mixes, of the chemical ...

Here are three victims’ stories. Opioids, which can include prescription pain medicine and illegal drugs, come from or mimic the opium poppy plant. They are highly addictive and deadly when ...

Opioids can be both synthetic and natural, acting as a potent painkiller. Derived from the poppy plant, an 'opiate' applies to natural medications derived from opium. Opioids, on the other hand ...

Midazolam, by the way, is part of a chemically unrelated family of sedatives called benzodiazepines. These are used during surgery to keep people calm and relaxed.

So, “opiates” is used specifically for natural derivatives of the poppy plant (such as morphine), while “opioids” are synthetic drugs (such as fentanyl) that work on the same receptor.

Instead the blooms are a symptom: It is all opium poppy in these fields, and Myanmar again ranks as the world’s biggest exporter of the raw material to make heroin and other opiates. And that ...

This poppy plant is called the opium poppy ... Substances which are directly derived the opium poppy are called opiates. Two, doctors and scientists found ways to synthetically create opiate ...