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Researchers block morphine's itchy side effect
Itching is one of the most prevalent side effects of powerful, pain-killing drugs like morphine, oxycodone and other opioids. The opiate-associated itch is so common that even women who get epidurals for labor ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Vibration helps reduces pain in chronic sufferers, researchers find
Rubbing or massaging is often an instinctive response to pain. Now researchers have found that another kind of touch, vibration, can also help reduce certain types of pain by more than 40 percent. The researchers are encouraged ...
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Mar 23, 2011 |
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Better think positive: Pessimism can block therapy
Spine surgeon Anders Cohen puts a lot of stock in patients' expectations of pain relief. He prefers to operate only on those who "grab you by the collar and say, `I can't take it anymore.'"
Feb 28, 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.
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Feb 17, 2011 |
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Under suspicion: The painkiller ziconotide could increase suicidal ideation
The active agent ziconotide, the synthetic toxin of the cone snail (Conus magus), was acclaimed a safe alternative to morphine when it was introduced six years ago. Now it is increasingly suspected of causing patients to com ...
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Nov 23, 2010 |
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Inhaling nitric oxide eases pain crises in sickle cell patients
Inhaling nitric oxide appears to safely and effectively reduce pain crises in adults with sickle cell disease, researchers report.
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Oct 19, 2010 |
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Love takes up where pain leaves off, brain study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Intense, passionate feelings of love can provide amazingly effective pain relief, similar to painkillers or such illicit drugs as cocaine, according to a new Stanford University School of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Diagnostic 'guidelines' a barrier to prompt relief for some back pain
Slavishly following long-held guidelines for diagnosing the cause of arthritis-related back pain is resulting in excessive tests, delays in pain relief and wasteful spending of as much as $10,000 per patient, new Johns Hopkins-led ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Researcher identifies novel treatment for pain in sickle cell disease
A University of Minnesota Medical School research team led by Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D., has discovered that cannibinoids offer a novel approach to ease the chronic and acute pain caused by sickle cell disease (SCD).
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Jul 22, 2010 |
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Shoulder arthritis? What patients need to know before treatment
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on "The Treatment of Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis." This major joint in the shoulder — the ...
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Jul 15, 2010 |
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New drugs to relieve cancer pain
Researchers at the University of Leicester and the University of Ferrara in Italy have collaborated to develop new drugs which have the potential to relieve cancer pain without causing many of the side effects of current ...
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Jun 21, 2010 |
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Acetaminophen Alone Works Well for Postpartum Pain
For many mothers of newborns, lingering pain from the delivery can interfere with their first days with their infant. A recent review examined whether over-the-counter medications containing acetaminophen - Tylenol for example ...
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Mar 17, 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 ...
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Mar 15, 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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Scientists discover new treatment for chronic pain condition
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that treating the immune system of patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CPRS) leads to a significant reduction in pain.
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Feb 01, 2010 |
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