News tagged with liquid morphine

FDA reversal OKs morphine painkiller for dying

(AP) -- A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests over their decision to remove it. The Food and Drug Administration ...

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2




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Compound may prevent sickle cell pain crises

A new compound appears to prevent the traffic jam of cells that causes debilitating pain crises and associated mortality in sickle cell disease, Georgia Health Sciences University (formerly Medical College ...

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created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists learn to block pain at its source

A substance similar to capsaicin, which gives chili peppers their heat, is generated at the site of pain in the human body. Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have discovered how to ...

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created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FDA stepping up oversight of drug pumps

(AP) -- Federal health regulators on Friday announced steps to improve the design and safety of drug pumps that have been linked to more than 700 deaths in the past five years.

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created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

3 states investigating hep C-infected scrub tech

(AP) -- Hundreds more patients have been advised to get tested for hepatitis C as health officials in two more states launched investigations into an infected Colorado surgery tech who allegedly swapped clean ...

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created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA cracks down on unapproved narcotic painkillers

(AP) -- The government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to ...

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created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Surgeons perform world's first pediatric robotic bladder reconstruction

A 10-year-old Chicago girl born with an abnormally small bladder that made her incontinent has become the first patient to benefit from a new robotic-assisted bladder-reconstruction method developed by surgeons ...

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created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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