News tagged with opioid drugs
Long-term methadone treatment can affect the brain
Methadone has been used to treat heroin addicts for nearly 50 years. Yet we have surprisingly incomplete knowledge about possible harmful effects from prolonged use. New research from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Doctors lax in monitoring potentially addicting drugs
Few primary care physicians pay adequate attention to patients taking prescription opioid drugs -- despite the potential for abuse, addiction and overdose, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Expecting the best, fearing the worst with placebo effect
(PhysOrg.com) -- Poor expectations of treatment can override all the effect of a potent pain-relieving drug, a brain imaging study at Oxford University has shown.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 17, 2011 |
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New study to investigate the effect of driving while medicated
Researchers from the University of Sydney are using an advanced driving simulator to investigate whether painkillers and relaxants increase the risk of having a car crash.
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Retired NFL players misuse painkillers more than general population
Retired NFL players use painkillers at a much higher rate than the rest of us, according to new research conducted by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Researchers discover asphyxia trigger in opioid poisoning
Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered a new way to combat asphyxiation caused by opioid poisoning, by “rescuing” a part of the brain which controls breathing. Having determined the mechanism of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Addicts helped by implanted devices: study
Persons addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers can get help kicking their habit by using an implanted device under the skin that delivers small doses of medication, researchers reported Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Drug that helps adults addicted to opioid drugs also relieves withdrawal symptoms in newborns
Thousands of infants each year have exposure to opioids before they are born. Over half of these infants are born with withdrawal symptoms severe enough to require opioid replacement treatment in the nursery. Such treatment ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Drug addicts get hooked via prescriptions, keep using 'to feel like a better person,' research shows
If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Medical marijuana to be OK in some VA clinics
(AP) -- Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it's legal, according to new federal guidelines.
Jul 24, 2010 |
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British heroin substitute may be associated with wide-ranging sight problems
Children born to mothers prescribed the heroin substitute methadone during pregnancy may be at risk of wide-ranging sight problems, indicates a small study published ahead of print in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Injecting drug users have poor access to HIV services
The provision of HIV prevention services for injecting drug users, which is essential to contain the spread of HIV, is inadequate in most countries around the world and presents a critical public health problem, according ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 28, 2010 |
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Inadequate access to opioid-based pain relief is a human rights issue for cancer patients
Many cancer patients in Europe are being denied access to adequate pain relief because of over-zealous regulations restricting the availability and accessibility of opioid-based drugs such as morphine.
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Pain management failing as fears of prescription drug abuse rise
Millions of Americans with significant or chronic pain associated with their medical problems are being under-treated as physicians increasingly fail to provide comprehensive pain treatment - either due to inadequate training, ...
Jan 04, 2010 |
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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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