Vibrating Crib Mattress Beneficial for Newborns With Prenatal Opioid Exposure
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 -- For newborns with prenatal opioid exposure (POE), use of a vibrating crib mattress was associated with a reduction in administration of morphine treatment (AMT), according to a study published online May 15 in JAMA... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 17, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Think You Need an Opioid? Here Are Questions to Ask Your Doctor
SUNDAY, May 14, 2023 -- It ’s important to ask questions when your doctor or dentist writes you a new prescription.
This is especially true for opioid pain medications, such as hydrocodone, oxycodone or morphine.
While these drugs are approved by... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
For Babies Born Addicted to Opioids, Doctors Try New Caregiving Approach
Thousands of babies are born each year to mothers who are using opioids. The newborns enter the world in withdrawal—some fussy and sweating, others struggling to feed. The treatment, until recently, was to separate the babies from their mothers, start them on morphine, and keep them isolated for… (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alternative to epidural recommended for women in labour
Draft guidelines for the NHS say women giving birth can ask for a morphine-like painkiller instead of a spinal block. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Former Emergency Department Nurse Sentenced to 3 Years After Stealing Pain Medication and Injecting Patients with Saline
FDA OCI, Jennifer Adams, R.N., nurse, Whitestown, IN, sentence, tampering, steal, pain medication, inject, patients, saline, fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone, ketamine, super-glue, lids, conceal, scheme, health care fraud, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - April 13, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Suburban Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Patient Medications
FDA OCI, Sarah Diamond, Woodstock, IL, Chicago-area, medical rehabilitation, removed, morphine, bottles, replaced, another liquid, diluted, administered, patients, health care fraud, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - April 12, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Raphael Mechoulam, the 'father of cannabis research' who discovered THC, has died
When Mechoulam began his chemistry career, other drugs like cocaine and morphine had long been studied. But little was known about the scientific properties of the marijuana plant. (Image credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Becky Sullivan Source Type: news
Former Baptist Paramedic Sentenced for Tampering with Opioids
FDA OCI, Richard Fox Bowen, 35, Oxford, Mississippi, sentence, tampering, opioids, paramedic, Baptist Ambulance, morphine, fentanyl, vials, saline, prescription, drugs, Rx, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - March 27, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Adverse outcomes associated with opioid prescription by dentists in the Veterans Health Administration: a national cross-sectional study from 2015 to 2018
CONCLUSION: Serious opioid-related adverse events were rare in Veterans and lower than other reports in the literature. Since nonopioid analgesics have superior efficacy for the treatment of acute dental pain, prescribing opioid alternatives may decrease opioid-related poisoning. Strategies for dentists to identify patients at high risk should be incorporated (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - February 21, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
The Opioid Addiction Crisis & U.S. National Security
Methadone Maintenance Therapy is offered in Thailand to reduce harm for people dependent on injected opioids, like heroin. Credit: World Bank/Trinn Suwannapha
Opioids are a class of drugs that includes the illegal drug heroin as well as power pain relievers available by prescription, such as oxycodone (Oxycontin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), codeine, morphine, fentanyl, methadone, and many others.By Geetika Chandwani and Purnaka L. de SilvaNEW YORK, Feb 10 2023 (IPS) The opioid addiction crisis in the United States is an acute public health emergency and a profound threat to national security – which is caused by the...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Geetika Chandwani and Purnaka de Silva Tags: Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Fentanyl use disorder characterized by unprescribed use of transdermal patches: a case report - Guliyev C, Tuna ZO, Ögel K.
BACKGROUND: Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid with analgesic potency 75-100 times higher than that of morphine, and its analgesic effect is used for pain treatment, mostly in cancer patients. Using fentanyl patches may reduce misuse potential due to the trans... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Northborough Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Patient's Liquid Morphine
FDA OCI, Gwen Rider, Northborough MA, tampering, morphine, nursing home, resident, 52 months, prison, fraud, deception, Worcester County, dementia, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - January 17, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Northborough Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Patient's Liquid Morphine
FDA OCI, Gwen Rider, Northborough MA, tampering, morphine, nursing home, resident, 52 months, prison, fraud, deception, Worcester County, dementia, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - January 17, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Cedar Rapids Nurse Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Stealing Narcotics from Three Corridor Hospitals
FDA OCI, Sarah Jean Moses, Cedar Rapids, IA, registered nurse, RN, divert, tamper, narcotics, own use, hospitals, sentence, five years, federal prison, opioids, hydromorphone, Dilaudid, morphine, oxycodone, vials, saline, "patient combing", illegal, access, patient, files, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - January 11, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
The opioid crisis in the United States: a brief history (December 1, 2022) - Duff JH, Shen WW, Rosen LW, Lampe JR.
Opioids act on receptors in the brain that are important in regulating pain and emotion. For centuries, opioids have been used as medicines to manage or treat pain. Natural opioids (sometimes referred to as opiates), such as morphine, are derived from the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
