Medications
Michigan approves ban on antidepressant tianeptine sodium
Michigan's governor has signed what's been described by state police as the nation's first statewide ban on the antidepressant tianeptine sodium.
Apr 6, 2018
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News tagged with opiates
Health
Latest global study provides snapshot of drug-related harm
(Medical Xpress) -- A new Australian drug study published today in The Lancet has found that cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug globally, while opioid use is a major cause of death.
Jan 6, 2012
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Medications
US panel opposes pure hydrocodone painkiller
(AP)—U.S. government health experts overwhelmingly voted against a stronger version of hydrocodone on Friday, questioning the need for a new form of one of most widely abused prescription painkillers.
Dec 9, 2012
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Medications
Toxicology tests don't tell the whole story of the opioid epidemic
"Drug overdoses killed more Tennesseans than ever last year, fentanyl deaths up 70 percent," a recent headline from my hometown newspaper, The Tennessean, proclaimed.
Oct 15, 2018
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Medications
Health Canada considers restricting painkiller tramadol
Health Canada said Wednesday it is considering regulating the popular pain killer tramadol as an opioid, after seeing a spike in prescriptions over the past several years.
Nov 22, 2017
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Pediatrics
Neonatologist's study trial supports alternative therapy for drug-addicted babies
In the past decade, the number of Kentucky babies starting life with a drug dependency, or neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), has skyrocketed from 1.3 per 1,000 births to 19 per 1,000 births.
Feb 2, 2015
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Medications
Long-term methadone treatment can affect nerve cells in brain
Long-term methadone treatment can cause changes in the brain, according to recent studies from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The results show that treatment may affect the nerve cells in the brain. The studies ...
Aug 15, 2012
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Surgery
App helps improve pain control and reduce opiate use after surgery
Patients who underwent total knee replacement and used a smartphone app (PainCoach) at home after surgery consistently reduced opiate painkiller use and improved pain control, according to new research being presented at ...
Jun 2, 2019
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover a novel opiate addiction switch in the brain
Neuroscientists at Western University (London, Canada) have made a remarkable new discovery revealing the underlying molecular process by which opiate addiction develops in the brain. Opiate addiction is largely controlled ...
Sep 10, 2013
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Medical research
A new promising approach in the therapy of pain
The treatment of inflammatory pain can be improved by endogenous opioid peptides acting directly in injured tissue. Scientists at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Université Paris Descartes showed that ...
Dec 4, 2012
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