Suburban Chicago Nurse Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Tampering With Patient Medications
A suburban Chicago nurse has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for removing morphine prescribed to patients and replacing it with another liquid.
SARAH DIAMOND was employed as the Assistant Director of Nursing at a Chicago-area medical rehabilitation center. (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - April 4, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Coming to a street near YOU? Warning that Chinese-made 'Frankenstein' drug 1,000 times stronger than morphine will trigger terrifying zombieland scenes engulfing opioid-ravaged US cities
Pastor Mick Fleming, 58, who runs the charity Church on the Street said they already seeing a spike in deaths related to a new drug called nitazenes as usage starts to spread in the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.K. Bans Synthetic Opioids ‘500 Times More Powerful Than Morphine’
The U.K. government has banned 15 synthetic opioids, including one described as " 500 times more powerful than morphine. " (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katherine Hignett, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
Deployed combat use of methoxyflurane for analgesia - Schauer SG, Fisher AD, April MD.
BACKGROUND: The U.S. Military needs fast-acting, non-opioid solutions for battlefield pain. The U.S. Military recently used morphine auto-injectors, which are now unavailable. Off-label ketamine and oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate use introduces challen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Morphine for Gaza? Limits of care during genocidal violence - Coghlan R, Smith J, Alser O.
In a 2023 Correspondence, global palliative care professionals made cursory reference to Israel's violence in Palestine to advocate for access to morphine and other palliative medicines in situations of extreme violence and armed conflict. The importance o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Morphine Quieted Cough in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
(MedPage Today) -- A brief course of morphine provided some relief for patients with cough related to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in a small, phase II double-blind crossover trial.
Two weeks of low-dose controlled-release morphine reduced... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Personalized Protocol Cuts Opioid Prescribing After C-Section
TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 -- A personalized protocol for opioid prescriptions after cesarean delivery reduces the median morphine milligram equivalents prescribed at discharge, according to a study recently published in the American Journal of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Illinois Nurse Charged With Tampering With Morphine Prescribed to Patient
An Illinois nurse removed liquid morphine prescribed to a patient and diluted it with another liquid, knowing the diluted substance would be dispensed to the patient, according to a federal indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - December 27, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Aspirin can treat cancer pains as effectively as morphine, new study suggests
Addictive drugs such as morphine are often prescribed on the NHS to help combat the constant pain many cancer patients experience as a result of their tumours. but aspirin can be as effective. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Urgent alert over Chinese-made 'Frankenstein' opioids 1,000 TIMES stronger than morphine as crime chiefs link terrifying substance to at least 54 deaths in six months
Nitazenes, smuggled into Britain via typical criminal routes, are mixed into heroin because they are so cheap and addictive . Sometimes they are sold as oxycodone pills or Xanax powders. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Evolutionary Origins of Psychedelics
Humans rely on a bevy of strange natural chemicals to liven up our food and drink, to endure pain, and to change our perspective. We use caffeine from coffee, tea, and yerba mate to stimulate our bodies and minds, capsaicin from red pepper flakes or isothiocyanates in horseradish or wasabi to enliven our food with spice, and codeine or morphine to endure the pain of injuries and surgeries.
Lately, though, some have also turned to psychedelics like psilocybin to change their perspectives. In fact, researchers are beginning to test if they could serve as new treatments for mental health disorders.
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Source: TIME: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Whiteman Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Hunt the crap magician can ’t escape his own autumn statement illusion
Sometimes it’s hard to know just how to react. Whether to laugh or cry. Or just to wander off and quietly inject yourself with large quantities of morphine. Much like most Tory MPs seem to have been doing for the past year or so. Should you just sit back and applaud? In open admiration of the…#jeremyhunts #conservatives #tories #oxbridge #labour #lauratrott #treasury #tory #nickrobinson #nt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine metabolism and drug-drug interactions - Coates S, Lazarus P.
Awareness of drug interactions involving opioids is critical for patient treatment as they are common therapeutics used in numerous care settings, including both chronic and disease-related pain. Not only do opioids have narrow therapeutic indexes and are ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Disappearance of codeine, morphine and 6-MAM in hair after cessation of abuse - Su árez-García A, Álvarez-Freire I, Bermejo-Barrera AM, Cabarcos-Fernández P, Tabernero-Duque MJ.
Research on the determination of drugs of abuse in hair has established that drugs can be detected in hair even long after cessation of use. The purpose of this study was to analyze hair samples from chronic opioid users who were beginning a controlled dru... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
US Charges Chinese Nationals for Smuggling Fentanyl With Crypto
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has slammed the brakes on a fentanyl supply chain involving 28 Chinese entities. According to the DoJ’s findings, companies and employees trafficked fentanyl, an opioid more powerful than morphine and heroin, with cryptocurrencies. Two Chinese nationals, Qingsong…#doj #qingsongli #chunhuichen #hebeishenghaoimport #yonglegao #bitcoin #fujianprovince #guoliang #gan #uscustoms (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
