News tagged with pain reliever


Researchers find NSAIDs help push stem cells into bloodstream prior to transplantation

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Indiana University's School of Medicine has found that giving meloxicam, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), to people and baboons boosts the number of haematopoietic ...

Medical research created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

The placebo effect goes beyond humans, researchers find

(Medical Xpress)—Rats and humans have at least one thing in common: They both react the same way to a placebo, according to a new University of Florida study.

Medical research created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Many drugs are just fine years after they 'expire,' study finds

Chances are, your medicine cabinet contains some pills that are past their expiration date. You might even have some pain relievers, some cough syrup or some sleeping pills that were purchased back when Richard Nixon was ...

Medications created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pfizer Q1 profit up, but drugmaker cuts outlook

Pfizer Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 53 percent despite falling sales, mainly because the world's second-largest drugmaker took big charges a year ago. Pfizer's results fell short of Wall Street's ...

Other created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study sheds light on pain pill abuse

A study by a team of University of Kentucky researchers has shed new light on the potential habit-forming properties of the popular pain medication tramadol, in research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The ...

Medications created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D3 might ease menstrual cramps

(HealthDay) -- Menstrual cramps are the bane of many women, but new research suggests that a form of vitamin D may one day be added to the meager list of pain relievers for the sometimes disabling condition.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nonprescription medication abuse underestimated

Nonprescription medications are just as likely a cause of poisoning as prescription drugs, according to a new study by Timothy Wiegand, M.D. from the University of Rochester Medical Center in the US and colleagues. Their ...

Medications created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rate of non-medical use of RX pain meds 4.6 percent

(HealthDay)—The rate of non-medical use of prescription pain relievers in the past year among individuals aged 12 years and older is estimated at 4.6 percent nationally, with considerable variation between ...

Medications created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Knee injections for arthritis? Save your money, study says

(HealthDay) -- It's not good news for baby boomers with arthritic knees: Injections of hyaluronic acid have little effect on pain and no effect on function, according to a new analysis.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Medications created Dec 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Combo treatment might beat epidural to ease labor, study says

(HealthDay)—In the first stage of labor, a combined spinal-epidural technique provides faster and better pain relief compared to traditional epidural pain relief, a new study suggests.

Medical research created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Codeine risky for kids after certain surgeries, FDA says

(HealthDay)—Children who are given codeine for pain relief after surgery to remove tonsils or adenoids are at risk for overdose and death, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

Medications created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many who first misuse prescription pills get them from friends, family: report

(HealthDay) -- A new U.S. government analysis shows that more than 70 percent of people who first misuse prescription medications get those pills from their friends or relatives.

Medications created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction

(AP) -- Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' ...

Medications created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests mid-adolescence is peak risk for extramedical use of pain relievers by young people

Surveys of U.S. adolescents suggest that the estimated peak risk of using prescription pain relievers for extramedical use, such as to get high or for other unapproved indications, occurs in mid-adolescence, according to ...

Health created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0