WMC Action News 5: MCAM blocks opioids fatal effects
March 13, 2020
For years, Narcan, or Naloxone, has been the only opioid overdose rescue drug, but it doesn’t last very long. Now, a longer-lasting treatment drug may offer hope to millions.
Long-lasting treatment drug could slow the opioid crisis
March 10, 2020
Researchers are developing an anti-opioid drug to protect against overdose for weeks or longer.
The Katy News: Long-lasting treatment drug could slow the opioid crisis
March 9, 2020
Researchers at the Long School of Medicine and at the University of Bath, U.K., are developing a long-lasting anti-opioid drug to protect against an overdose for a few weeks or longer.
Harvard Political Review: The overlooked opioid crisis in Latinx communities
March 3, 2020
Jennifer Sharpe Potter, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor of psychiatry and vice dean for research in the Long School of Medicine, is quoted about the opioid crises in the Latinx community. She explained while racial biases of prescribers and limited income of patients may have “protected” Latinos from having access to prescriptions for pain, it also limited […]
KSAT 12: New funding could provide treatment for opioid-addicted patients
February 25, 2020
The new initiative aims to change how opioid use disorder is treated in Texas.
News 4: Local doctors get $7.2M to fight opioid crisis across Texas
February 20, 2020
Dr. Jennifer Sharpe Potter is leading the statewide collaborative, called Texas Medication for Opioid Use Disorder.