Zapping the brain can treat chronic pain (and the results kick-in after just one 40 minute session)
Doctors at the University of North Carolina say the therapy could be a cheap alternative to reduce the use of opioids, such as morphine, which can have severe side effects. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Amid Deepening Addiction Crisis, FDA Approves Powerful New Opioid
(CNN) — Despite the ongoing opioid crisis plaguing the nation, the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new opioid medication five to 10 times more powerful than fentanyl.
Dsuvia, made by AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc., is a tablet in a single-dose, prefilled applicator to be administered under the tongue by health care providers to patients in settings such as hospitals, surgical centers and emergency rooms, according to the company.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb was quick to defended the approval in a statement Friday: “The agency is taking new steps to more actively confront this crisis, ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Local TV opioids Source Type: news
WATCH: FDA approved new opioid drug called Dsuvia
The drug is 10 times stronger than fentanyl, which is already up to 1,000 times stronger than morphine. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GMA Source Type: news
FDA approves opioid pill 1,000 times stronger than morphine despite warnings 'it will kill people'
Despite criticism, on Friday, the FDA approved a pill form of sufentanil, a cousin of fentanyl estimated to be as much as 10 times as powerful as the drug that has fueled the opioid epidemic. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WATCH: FDA approves powerful, controversial new painkiller
Dsuvia is an opioid taken in pill form that is 10 times stronger than Fentanyl and up to 1,000 times stronger than morphine. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: WNT Source Type: news
Rx Switching at the Pharmacy: What would you say?
Should you substitute Vigamox with Moxeza? How about Oxycontin with MS Contin? Take our quick, 4-question quiz to find out. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - November 1, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Alex Evans, PharmD, BCGP Source Type: news
Comparison of Oxycodone and Morphine for Cancer Pain Comparison of Oxycodone and Morphine for Cancer Pain
Do oxycodone and morphine differ significantly in their analgesic efficacy or tolerability when used as first-line therapy for patients with moderate to severe cancer pain?BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 31, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Fake drugs: The global industry putting your life at risk
In late 2012, 60 people died in two cities in Pakistan after drinking cough syrup to get high. Tests in Pakistan revealed that the medicines seemed to contain the correct amount of active ingredient, but further tests revealed something that was not supposed to be there. Levomethorphan, a chemical five times stronger than morphine, was the contaminant that had caused the deaths. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - October 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA committee votes to approve Opioid tablet 1,000 times stronger than morphine
A Food and Drug Adminstration's advisory committee voted in favor of the approval of a sufentanil tablet, an opioid 10 times stronger than fentanyl. The committee's chair warns doing so will fuel the crisis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA mulls approval for opioid 500 times stronger than morphine
An FDA committee has recommended approval of a new synthetic opioid much stronger than other pain killers on the market. (Source: PharmaManufacturing.com)
Source: PharmaManufacturing.com - October 22, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Heroin vaccine technology advances as researchers are awarded grant for further testing
(The U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP)) Researchers at the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., have been awarded a grant to advance an experimental heroin vaccine through Phase I/IIa clinical trials to assess both its safety and its efficacy against a morphine challenge. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Ketamine is a safe, effective alternative to opioids in treating acute pain in the ED
(Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) Intravenous, low-dose ketamine (LDK) is as effective as intravenous morphine in the control of acute pain in adults in the emergency department (ED). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
GP practices prescribe controlled drugs electronically in NHS Digital pilot
A small number of GP practices have been selected to electronically prescribe controlled drugs (CDs) as part of a pilot scheme, NHS Digital has announced.
A total of 10 practices based in Yorkshire, the North West and London and using the Emis Health and Vision systems, started with the pilot on 2 October.
They are now able to prescribe drugs such as morphine and tramadol that it was previously not possible to send through the electronic prescription service (EPS). Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - October 8, 2018 Category: Practice Management Authors: vfiore Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Patients Latest News Source Type: news
'I'll keep taking your blue pills'
Jim had been relying on morphine to cope with his back pain - but it turned out a dummy pill worked just as well. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Back pain and the placebo effect: ‘I’ll keep taking the pills’
Jim had been relying on morphine to cope with his back pain - but it turned out a dummy pill worked just as well. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
