Addiction
Animal sedative is driving rise in fatal drug ODs
(HealthDay)—An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say.
Sep 21, 2021
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Medical research
Patients could be dying from accidental overdose of prescription opioids in England
A study has revealed that 232 people could have died from taking an accidental overdose of prescription opioids in England between 2000 and 2015.
Aug 31, 2021
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Medications
Researchers identify a potentially safer approach to opioid drug development
Opioids are powerful painkillers, but their use is hindered because patients become tolerant to them, requiring higher and higher doses, and overdoses can cause respiratory depression and death. A recent study from researchers ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Addiction
Study identifies possible antidote for GHB overdose
Diclofenac and other non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may limit the passage of gamma hydroxybutyric acid (a narcolepsy medication and illicit party drug commonly known as GHB) to the brain, decreasing the ...
Aug 23, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Multiple long-term physical health problems increase risk of depression later in life
Middle-aged people in the UK with at least two long-term physical health conditions are at a greater risk of developing depression or anxiety later in life compared to those with none or only one long-term physical health ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Medications
Droperidol most effective sedation medication for agitation with less sides effects
In a randomized, double-blind trial of patients with acute undifferentiated agitation in the emergency department, droperidol was more effective for sedation and was associated with fewer episodes of respiratory depression ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Neuroscience
Scientists find new cell type implicated in chronic pain, inflammation
One of the hallmarks of chronic pain is inflammation, and scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have discovered that anti-inflammatory cells called MRC1+ macrophages are dysfunctional in an animal model of neuropathic ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
PTSD with depression may significantly increase risk of early death in women
Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression have an almost fourfold greater risk of early death from cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, type 2 diabetes, accidents, suicide, and other causes than ...
Dec 4, 2020
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Pediatrics
Depression/anxiety in mums-to-be linked to heightened asthma risk in their kids
Depression and anxiety in mums-to-be is linked to a heightened risk of asthma and poorer lung function in their 10 year old children, finds research published online in the journal Thorax.
Oct 13, 2020
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Medical research
New opioid approved for use in controlled settings
The opioid Olinvyk (oliceridine) was granted approval for the management of moderate-to-severe acute pain in controlled settings, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.
Aug 11, 2020
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