Oxycodone vs. Morphine After Endometriosis Resection Oxycodone vs. Morphine After Endometriosis Resection
This study aimed to compare the analgesic potency of oxycodone versus morphine after laparoscopic deep infiltrating endometriosis resection. Is one preferable to the other?BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 30, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Connecticut Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Liquid Morphine
FDA OCI, Danielle Works, Stafford Springs CT, sentence, prison, tampering, morphine, Governor's Center, nursing facility, diluting, impaired, hospice, health fraud, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - August 19, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution (Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - August 6, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution (Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution) - new on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - August 5, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Intrathecal Morphine vs. TAPB for Caesarean Delivery Intrathecal Morphine vs. TAPB for Caesarean Delivery
This meta-analysis compares the analgesic and adverse effects of intrathecal morphine and a new analgesic technology, transversus abdominis plane block, in caesarean delivery.BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Feasibility of an Opioid-free Anaesthesia in Cardiac Surgery Feasibility of an Opioid-free Anaesthesia in Cardiac Surgery
Might a dexmedetomidine-based opioid-free anesthesia protocol in cardiac surgery patients result in lower postoperative morphine consumption and better postoperative outcomes?BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - July 22, 2021 Category: Surgery Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Company led medicines recall: Morphine Syringe 50mg/50ml (unlicensed medicine) and Magnesium Sulphate 8mmol/20ml infusion (unlicensed medicine)
Nova Laboratories Limited is recalling specific batches of the impacted products, Morphine Syringe 50mg/50ml and Magnesium Sulphate 8mmol/20ml infusion due to a potential risk of contamination. Furth (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - July 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Suicide committed by a paramedic using a cocktail of drugs: morphine, etomidate, diazepam and rocuronium. case report and review of literature - Sm ędra A, Wochna K, Kaźmierski D, Berent J.
Suicide is still an important issue in developed countries. The problem affects all age groups and both sexes, although usually more commonly middle-aged men. Attempted suicides committed by taking drugs ended in death are rare (regardless of gender, age, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Ubh Pharmacy Loses Critical Drugs
[The Herald] NEARLY 400 doses of sedative drugs - pethidine and morphine - were stolen from the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) last week, a development which has forced patients to source their own. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 31, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mitigo (Morphine Sulfate Injection) - new on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - May 17, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Penn study reveals how opioid supply shortages shape emergency department prescribing behaviors
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A new study published in the Journal of Medical Toxicology reveals that opioid prescribing behavior can also be decreased by external factors, such as a supply shortage. In this case, the shortage was of parenteral morphine and hydromorphone, as a result of supply chain disruptions caused by Hurricane Maria in 2018. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news