Medications
FDA panel considers making opioid antidote drug available without prescription
A nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose may become available for easier over-the-counter purchase.
Feb 15, 2023
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Medications
Understanding the effects of fentanyl
Fentanyl is a highly addictive opioid drug that kills hundreds of Texans every year, according to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.
Feb 9, 2023
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Medications
What is Melanotan-II, the drug that consumers are urged to avoid?
A TikTok influencer grins into the camera. Shirtless, his bronzed skin contrasts on a light background.
Jan 30, 2023
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Pediatrics
Simple nasal spray shown to significantly reduce snoring and breathing difficulties in children
A simple nasal spray significantly reduced snoring and breathing difficulties in children and halved the number needing to have their tonsils removed, according to a new study.
Jan 17, 2023
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Medications
Nasal delivery of antibodies helps treat symptoms of a stroke in mice
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Switzerland and Germany has found that antibodies that heal the brain after a stroke can be delivered via nasal spray in mice. Their study was published in Proceedings ...
Medical research
Scientists pinpoint COVID-19 virus's entry and exit ports inside our noses
Somebody just coughed on you. On a plane. At a dinner party. In a supermarket line.
Jan 10, 2023
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Medications
New York doctors are now required to prescribe naloxone to some patients on opioid painkillers
Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn't be able to walk half a block. The 63-year-old former New York City nurse has crippling arthritis for which he takes OxyContin ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Health
Coping with nicotine withdrawal symptoms
Giving up nicotine can be a brutal experience that can include everything from physical symptoms, such as headache and nausea, to mood issues, including irritability, anxiety and depression.
Jan 9, 2023
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Medications
Who will respond best to ketamine for severe depression? New study takes a look
Made infamous as the club drug Special K, ketamine is nowadays being seen as a wonder drug for some folks with hard-to-treat depression.
Dec 29, 2022
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Health
Buyer beware: bogus flu meds are out there
With flu rampant in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to be wary of over-the-counter products that promise to cure you of influenza, prevent it or reduce its severity.
Dec 26, 2022
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