News tagged with painkillers
Acupuncture's molecular effects pinned down
Scientists have taken another important step toward understanding just how sticking needles into the body can ease pain.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 30, 2010 |
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New painkiller with no apparent side effects or addictive qualities near to market
(PhysOrg.com) -- A powerful new painkiller, which was developed on the basis of the research conducted at Stony Brook University and with no apparent side effects or addictive qualities, may now be only a year or two from ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Unlocking the opium poppy's biggest secret (w/ Video)
Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered the unique genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine, thus opening doors to alternate methods of producing these effective painkillers ...
Mar 14, 2010 |
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FDA cracks down on unapproved narcotic painkillers
(AP) -- The government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Common painkillers linked to increased risk of heart problems
Commonly used painkillers for treating inflammation can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to an analysis of the evidence published in the British Medical Journal today.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Genetic switch discovered that turns on pain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Aberdeen scientists have discovered a 'switch' that turns on a gene that lets us feel pain, in a finding that could be a step towards the development of new painkilling drugs.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 21, 2010 |
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FDA reversal OKs morphine painkiller for dying
(AP) -- A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests over their decision to remove it. The Food and Drug Administration ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Reduction in suicides after withdrawal of painkiller
(PhysOrg.com) -- Withdrawal of the painkiller co-proxamol from use in the UK has led to a major reduction in suicides and accidental poisonings involving the drug, research led by Oxford University has shown.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 19, 2009 |
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US aims at its deadliest drug problem: painkillers
(AP) -- The White House drug czar wants doctors, states and law enforcement working harder to stop America's deadliest drug-abuse problem: highly addictive prescription painkillers. They are killing more ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Some parents weigh 'hastening death' for children in extreme pain with terminal cancer
A survey of parents who had a child die of cancer found that one in eight considered hastening their child's death, a deliberation influenced by the amount of pain the child experienced during the last month of life, report ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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3 states investigating hep C-infected scrub tech
(AP) -- Hundreds more patients have been advised to get tested for hepatitis C as health officials in two more states launched investigations into an infected Colorado surgery tech who allegedly swapped clean ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Abuse of meds sends as many to ER as illegal drugs
(AP) -- For the first time, abuse of painkillers and other medication is sending as many people to the emergency room as the use of illegal drugs.
Jun 17, 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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 21, 2010 |
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British patients click online to see doctor
(AP) -- The doctor will see you now: Just click here.
Aug 06, 2010 |
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Even very low dose of regular aspirin wards off bowel cancer
Even the lowest possible dose of aspirin (75 mg) can ward off bowel cancer, if taken regularly, finds research published online in the journal Gut.
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Analgesic
An analgesic (also known as a painkiller) is any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain (achieve analgesia). The word analgesic derives from Greek an- ("without") and algos ("pain"). Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral and central nervous systems; they include paracetamol (acetaminophen), the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as the salicylates, narcotic drugs such as morphine, synthetic drugs with narcotic properties such as tramadol, and various others.
In choosing analgesics, the severity and response to other medication determines the choice of agent; the WHO pain ladder, originally developed in cancer-related pain, is widely applied to find suitable drugs in a stepwise manner. The analgesic choice is also determined by the type of pain: for neuropathic pain, traditional analgesics are less effective, and there is often benefit from classes of drugs that are not normally considered analgesics, such as tricyclic antidepressants and anticonvulsants.
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