News tagged with opioid therapy


A comprehensive review of addiction to prescription painkillers among patients and physicians

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created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


New guidelines for prescribing opioid pain drugs published

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created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...





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Researchers find relief for chronic pain

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...


Researchers identify potential patient safety risks among methadone maintenance treatment patients

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created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Boston Medical Center (BMC) researchers have identified potential safety risks among methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients due to the quantity and accuracy of medical record documentation. Improved communication ...


Depression Patients More Apt to Receive Opioids for Chronic Pain

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


End-of-life care at hospitals varies for children with cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Though treatment of pain and attention to end-of-life care for pediatric cancer patients has improved over the last few decades, there is still work to be done. Additionally, opioid prescriptions for pediatric cancer patients ...


New target for Alzheimer's disease identified

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created May 07, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an incurable disease that is increasing in prevalence and will increase even more rapidly as the Baby Boom generation enters the age of highest risk. The available AD drugs are only partially effective ...


Gene therapy for chronic pain gets first test in people

Gene therapy for chronic pain gets first test in people

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created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

This week, University of Michigan scientists will begin a phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of cancer-related pain, using a novel gene transfer vector injected into the skin to deliver a pain-relieving ...


Stress-induced changes in brain circuitry linked to cocaine relapse

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain brain regions can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking.


Inappropriate sepsis therapy leads to fivefold reduction in survival

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Patients experiencing septic shock who receive inappropriate therapy may have a fivefold reduction in survival, shows a new study. Researchers from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, retrospectively reviewed ...


St. Jude and UF Proton Therapy Institute to begin proton therapy clinical trial

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute have formed a collaboration to provide proton therapy for St. Jude patients. The announcement follows the approval of the first ...


Study finds it's safe to treat HER2-positive breast cancer with trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab (Herceptin)--typically used in combination with chemotherapy. However, a new study by researchers ...



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