Search results for analgesic drug:
Acute gastric injury due to high-dose analgesics?
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Analgesics, NSAIDs and acetaminophen, are commonly used for the relief of fever, headaches, and other minor aches and pains. The gastrointestinal side effects of NSAIDs are well documented and acetaminophen is accepted to ...
Researchers separate analgesic effects from addictive aspects of pain-killing drugs
Aug 21, 2007 |
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For the first time, pain researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that it's possible to separate the good effects of opiate drugs such as morphine (pain relief) from the unwanted side ...
Cone shell toxin offers new hope for chronic pain sufferers
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Better chronic pain relief could be possible in the future, according to research announced today by scientists at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute.
Study first to pinpoint why analgesic drugs may be less potent in females than in males
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Investigators at Georgia State University’s Neuroscience Institute and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience are the first to identify the most likely reason analgesic drug treatment is usually less potent in ...
Developing a safer form of acetaminophen
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Scientists in Louisiana are reporting development of a process for producing large batches of a new and potentially safer form of acetaminophen, the widely used pain-reliever now the source of growing concern ...
Potential new pain killer drug developed by scientists at Leicester and Italy
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 16, 2007 |
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A potential new pain-killing drug developed by medical scientists at the University of Leicester and Ferrara in Italy is to be discussed at a public lecture on 20th March.
Study first to pinpoint why analgesic drugs may be less potent in females than in males
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Investigators at Georgia State University's Neuroscience Institute and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience are the first to identify the most likely reason analgesic drug treatment is usually less potent in females than males. ...
Personality traits contribute to 'placebo effect'
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at McGill University have found for the first time that novelty seeking personality types enjoy a stronger “placebo response,” or pain relief caused by the administration of a sham treatment, ...
Marijuana-like brain chemicals work as antidepressant
Nov 05, 2007 |
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American and Italian researchers have found that boosting the amounts of a marijuana-like brain transmitter called anandamide produces antidepressant effects in test rats.
Risks for painkiller abuse do not outweigh benefits in chronic pain
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 09, 2008 |
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As controversy swirls about proper clinical use of opioids and other potent pain medications, research reported at the American Pain Society annual meeting shows that, contrary to widespread beliefs, less than 3 percent of ...
Study May Explain How A Well-Known Epilepsy and Pain Drug Works
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Duke University Medical Center researcher who spent years looking for the signals that prompt the brain to form new connections between neurons has found one that may explain precisely how a well-known ...
Pot shot: Scientists find cannabis trigger for forgetfulness
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 02, 2009 |
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Researchers on Sunday said they had pinpointed the biochemical pathway by which cannabis causes memory loss in mice.
A step forward in targeted pain therapy
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Our bodies sense painful stimuli through certain receptors located in the skin, in joints and many internal organs. Specialized nerve fibers relay these signals coming from the periphery to the brain, where pain becomes conscious. ...
Microbes point to method for isolating harmful forms of drugs
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at MIT and Brown University studying how marine bacteria move recently discovered that a sharp variation in water current segregates right-handed bacteria from their left-handed ...
It's not all in your head: Descending neural mechanisms of placebo-induced pain control
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 26, 2009 |
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A new study reveals that when it comes to pain control, the "placebo effect" involves evolutionarily old pain control pathways in the human brainstem, the part of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord. The research, ...
