News tagged with opioid drugs
Scientist Unraveling Mystery of Treating Chronic Pain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Successfully treating chronic pain with opioids such as morphine -- minus the side effects -- may soon become a reality, bringing relief to millions of people who suffer from debilitating ...
Pain relief only one motive for opioid use among high school seniors
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Taking opioid drugs without a prescription appears relatively common among high school seniors, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The most common reasons survey respon ...
A comprehensive review of addiction to prescription painkillers among patients and physicians
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Chemical dependency and recovery in patients and physicians are closely examined in a series of articles and editorials in the July 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The subject is especially timely. As the immense challe ...
Cesarean section: Local anesthetic reduces need for painkillers post-op
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Giving a local anaesthetic during a Caesarean section helps manage pain after the operation and can reduce consumption of painkillers, according to Cochrane Researchers. The researchers recommend local anaesthetics as part ...
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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 ...
Study examines use of opioids
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that in a given week, over 10 million Americans are taking opioids, and more than 4 million are taking them regularly (at least five days per week, ...
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. ...
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.
Blacks, Hispanics less likely to get strong pain drugs in emergency rooms
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Despite increases in the overall use of opioid drugs to relieve severe pain, black and Hispanic patients remain significantly less likely than whites to receive these pain-relievers in emergency rooms, according to a new ...
Depression Patients More Apt to Receive Opioids for Chronic Pain
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression, according ...
New guidelines for prescribing opioid pain drugs published
Feb 10, 2009 |
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A prestigious panel of pain-management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) www.ampainsoc.org and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive clinical practice guidel ...
Scientists identify drug to treat opioid addiction
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that a commonly available non-addictive drug can prevent symptoms of withdrawal from opioids with little likelihood of serious side effects. The drug, ondansetron, ...
Why don't painkillers work for people with fibromyalgia?
Sep 27, 2007 |
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People who have the common chronic pain condition fibromyalgia often report that they don’t respond to the types of medication that relieve other people’s pain. New research from the University of Michigan Health System helps ...
Researchers find relief for chronic pain
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Researchers in the Department of Medicine and Department of Neurosciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that chronic pain can be successfully treated with novel targeted gene therapy. In an effort to find ...
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