News tagged with narcotic pain relievers
Deaths related to narcotic pain relievers have doubled since 1991: Study
Deaths from opioid use in Ontario have doubled -- from 13.7 deaths per million residents in 1991 to 27.2 deaths per million residents in 2004 -- according to a new study led by physicians at St. Michael's Hospital and the ...
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Led by advances in chemical synthesis, scientists find natural product shows pain-killing properties
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time accomplished a laboratory synthesis of a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely employed in traditional medicine. ...
May 23, 2011 |
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FDA orders lower doses in prescription painkillers
(AP) -- Federal health regulators are limiting a key ingredient found in Vicodin, Percocet and other prescription painkillers that have been linked to thousands of cases of liver damage each year.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Spring fever blossoms in warm weather -- but is it a real ailment?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two University of North Carolina medical professionals explain the 'spring fever' phenomenon and how seasons affect our mood.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 22, 2010 |
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The death of euthanasia
It is time to discard the word euthanasia because it mixes ideas and values that confuses the debate about dying, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Vertebroplasty for patients with osteoporosis provides effective pain relief
Patient selection is key for vertebroplasty -- a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists in individuals with painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures that fail to respond to conventional ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Takeda renames heartburn drug to avoid errors
(AP) -- Federal regulators said Thursday that Takeda Pharmaceuticals will change the name of a heartburn drug that has repeatedly been confused by pharmacists with drugs meant to treat cancer and other ailments.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 04, 2010 |
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FDA: 'limited' benefit with tamper-proof OxyContin
(AP) -- Federal health officials say a new version of the painkiller OxyContin that is designed to be harder to abuse offers some improvements over the original pill.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 22, 2009 |
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So you have the flu? Follow this self-care guide for recovery
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's flu season, and whether you have the H1N1 virus or just the garden variety flu virus, you may not feel like doing much of anything — especially going out to meet friends or heading off to work. That's ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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FDA orders overdose warnings for Darvocet
(AP) -- The government is letting the painkillers Darvocet, Darvon and their generic cousins stay on the market but ordered stronger warnings against deadly overdoses on Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 07, 2009 |
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FDA panel: Lower maximum daily dose of Tylenol
(AP) -- Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 30, 2009 |
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