News tagged with morphine sulfate

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




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Enhancing medication safety with computerized alerts

Medication errors are responsible for a large number of adverse drug events in patients each year, and the use of medication-related abbreviations accounts for nearly five percent of these errors. Strategies to reduce the ...

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created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New medication more potent, longer lasting than morphine

(PhysOrg.com) -- A little-known morphinelike drug is potentially more potent, longer lasting and less likely to cause constipation than standard morphine, a study led by a Loyola University Health System anesthesiologist ...

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created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Study first to confirm long-term benefits of morphine treatment in infants

A recent study conducted by researchers at Georgia State University is the first of its kind to demonstrate that administration of preemptive morphine prior to a painful procedure in infancy blocks the long-term negative ...

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created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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