German nurse in morphine babies case freed after test mix-up
Prosecutors say a nurse at a German hospital who was arrested on suspicion of administering morphine to five young babies has been released after new tests showed that investigators' initial findings were wrong (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Nurse in Germany Charged With Attempted Killing of Five Babies Nurse in Germany Charged With Attempted Killing of Five Babies
Authorities in southwestern Germany detained an intensive care nurse on Wednesday, suspecting that she had attempted to kill five newborn babies in her charge with morphine, police in the city of Ulm said.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - February 1, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Abuse-deterrent formulation of morphine saves healthcare costs
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - January 31, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Germany: nurse suspected of drugging 5 babies with morphine
Officials say a nurse at a German hospital has been arrested on suspicion that she administered morphine to five young babies shortly before Christmas (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
More Concern Over Morphine, Clopidogrel Interaction in ACS More Concern Over Morphine, Clopidogrel Interaction in ACS
New data suggest use of morphine delays the absorption of clopidogrel and leads to an increase in short-term cardiac ischemic events.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - January 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Former ER Nurse Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining, Tampering with Patient Drugs
Elet Neilson, Layton UT, emergency room, ER, nurse, tampering, personal use, diversion, infect Hep C, McKay-Dee Hospital, Ogden UT, hydromorphone, morphine, intravenous opioid, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - January 14, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Fentanyl deaths on rise in UK, drug report warns
The painkiller is said to be up to 100 times stronger than morphine and is entering UK markets. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rwanda avoids US-style opioids crisis by making own morphine
Rwanda doesn't have access to costly opioids from big pharmaceutical companies, so the African country has come up with a solution (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Sustained-Release Morphine Safe in Chronic Breathlessness Sustained-Release Morphine Safe in Chronic Breathlessness
Regular low-dose sustained-release oral morphine appears to be a safe treatment for chronic breathlessness, according to findings from a randomized clinical trial.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - December 27, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Rwanda makes own morphine while U.S. awash with opioids
As thousands die from opioid addiction in America, millions deal with untreated pain in the world's poorest nations. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rwanda avoids US-style opioids crisis by making own morphine
Rwanda doesn't have access to costly opioids from big pharmaceutical companies, so the African country has come up with a solution (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Haverhill Woman Sentenced for Drug Tampering
Lauren Perrin, Practical Nurse, Haverhill MA, Drug Tampering, Guilty Plea, Schedule II Controlled Substance, Morphine, Pain Relief, Hospice Patient, Maplewood Care and Rehabilitation Center, Amesbury MA, lowered potency (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - December 19, 2019 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Pharmacist Admits Tampering with Infusion Narcotics
Carl Mancini, Wolcott CT, Guilty Plea, Tampering, Pharmacist, Home Intravenous Infusions, Hospice Care Intravenous Infusions, Intravenous Infusions, Pain Management, Formulating Infusions, Workplace, Vials, Hydromorphone Hydrochloride, Morphine Sulfate Pentahydrate, Syringe, Saline, Crimping, Reseal (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - December 17, 2019 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Chronic opioid treatment may raise risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, study finds
While opioids are often prescribed to treat people with trauma-related pain, a new UCLA-led study suggests doctors should use caution before prescribing the drug to those they believe may experience severe stress in the future, in order to reduce the risk the patient will develop PTSD.In the study, researchers administered doses of the opioid morphine to a group of 22 mice for one week, then gave the mice relatively strong foot shocks. After the morphine wore off, the mice were given mild electric foot shocks. These mice showed a substantially longer “freezing response” than a second, control group of 24 mice that had ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 3, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Chronic opioid treatment may increase PTSD risk
(Springer) Long-term (chronic) treatment with opioids, such as morphine, prior to trauma enhances fear learning in mice, according to a study published in Neuropsychopharmacology. The findings, which link chronic opioid treatment before a traumatic event with responses to subsequent stressful events, may suggest a possible mechanism underlying the frequent co-occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid dependence. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
