Money in Medicine: The top 30 drugs associated with pharma industry payments to Oregon doctors
The top 30 drugs associated with pharmaceutical industry payments to doctors are, for the most part, not household names.
The top three — Bydureon, Invokana and Toujeo — are prescribed for diabetes, testament to the prevalence of the disease. Three others on the list are prescribed for multiple sclerosis. Hysingla, a an abuse-deterrent hydrocodone pill, is also high on the list.
The makers of these drugs pay doc tors in Oregon and across the nation billions of dollars for consulting fees, talks… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 21, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
Money in Medicine: The top 30 drugs associated with pharma industry payments to Oregon doctors
The top 30 drugs associated with pharmaceutical industry payments to doctors are, for the most part, not household names.
The top three — Bydureon, Invokana and Toujeo — are prescribed for diabetes, testament to the prevalence of the disease. Three others on the list are prescribed for multiple sclerosis. Hysingla, a an abuse-deterrent hydrocodone pill, is also high on the list.
The makers of these drugs pay doc tors in Oregon and across the nation billions of dollars for consulting fees, talks… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 21, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
What is it Like to Have PRK Surgery?
What is it like to get PRK corrective eye surgery? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.
Answer by Eric Kolovson, had PRK surgery in both eyes, on Quora:
I got PRK done on each eye, one at a time. Both eyes have been healing on slightly different timelines, but here's the general experience:
Day 0: The surgery itself is relatively painless. I would compare it to going to the dentist for a cleaning, where you have to lie still for a certain amount of time and endure a bit of discomfort, but there is no real pain. The major dif...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lupin gets USFDA nod for generic pain relieving drug
As per IMS MAT sales data, Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen tablets had sales of USD 89.6 million in the US market. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - November 17, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Organized prescription drug collection programs may have minimal impact on reducing availability of controlled medications
More than 3.8 billion controlled medications, such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, Valium and Adderall, are dispensed by pharmacies annually in the United States. It has been estimated that only about 30 percent of these drugs are used by the people for whom they were prescribed. The remaining 70 percent represent a large surplus of controlled medications that could be abused or sold to others for abuse. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 15, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Oxycodone vs. Hydrocodone
Title: Oxycodone vs. HydrocodoneCategory: MedicationsCreated: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General)
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - November 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Organized prescription drug collection programs may have minimal impact
(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) More than 3.8 billion controlled medications, such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, Valium and Adderall, are dispensed by pharmacies annually in the United States. It has been estimated that only about 30 percent of these drugs are used by the people for whom they were prescribed. The remaining 70 percent represent a large surplus of controlled medications that could be abused or sold to others for abuse. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 15, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
How to stop popping pain pills: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the opioid crisis is real. They report that, in 2012, more than 2 million people in the U.S.?had a substance use disorder related to prescription opioid pain relievers. Mayo Clinic experts want to help people who are hooked on prescription painkillers, such as hydrocodone, oxycodone and morphine, [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 14, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Natural Herbs for Pain Relief
When I was in medical school, doctors only wrote prescriptions for opioid painkillers for terminal cancer patients, surgical patients and critical emergencies.
That's because they knew these drugs were lethal. Opioids come from the same poppy plant used to make opium and heroin. And just like those addictive street drugs, the risk of getting hooked on them is extremely high.
It's incredible how things have changed since then…
What are opioids prescribed for?
Today, you're likely to get a prescription for opioids for just about any kind of pain. That includes chronic pain, fibromyalgia, depression, headac...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 14, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Cathy Card Tags: Health Natural Cures Source Type: news
hydrocodone (Zohydro ER)
Title: hydrocodone (Zohydro ER)Category: MedicationsCreated: 3/2/2005 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Cancer General)
Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - November 14, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Why Opioids Can Stop Working
By Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog
The epidemic of opioid abuse and the resulting increases in overdoses and deaths have been front and center in the news for quite some time. Now a little appreciated effect called hyperalgesia, an increased sensitivity to pain, can make these drugs less effective for chronic pain leading people to take higher and higher doses seeking relief, increasing the chance of addiction. Opioids can actually prolong and amplify pain rather than relieving it.
Opioids are pain relieving drugs that include hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, codeine and other related drugs including illegal ones s...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 9, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Fentanyl Presents Need for New Strategies for Combatting Opioid Abuse
In 2014, more Americans died of drug overdoses than any other year on record. There were more than 47,000 deaths, with roughly two-thirds of those deaths linked to opioids. This opioid epidemic includes synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, which are responsible for the rise in death rates. Fentanyl analogs and carfentanil potent opioid receptor agonists can cause a toxidrome characterized by significant central nervous system and respiratory depression. Fentanyl has been implicated in multiple outbreak of poisonings.1 (See Figure 1, below.)
Acetyl fentanyl, an analog similar to the Schedule II (i.e., a classification of dr...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - November 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steven H. Linder, MD Tags: Patient Care Source Type: news
DEA Is Cutting Production Of Prescription Opioids By 25 Percent In 2017
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving to curb the national opioid epidemic by slashing the production of a number of popular prescription painkillers.
In a notice published Wednesday in the federal register, the DEA finalized a previous order on 2017 production quotas for a variety of Schedule I and II drugs, including addictive narcotics like oxycodone, hydromorphone, codeine and fentanyl. The agency has the authority to set limits on manufacturing under the Controlled Substances Act.
In a release, the DEA said it is reducing “the amount of almost every Schedule II opiate and opioid medication” by...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Abuse-Deterrent Hydrocodone ER Safe, Effective in Back Pain Abuse-Deterrent Hydrocodone ER Safe, Effective in Back Pain
An extension study shows that patients receiving an investigational abuse-deterrent hydrocodone (Vantrela ER) maintained pain relief for 6 months and that the drug was still safe.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - October 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
