Morphine-Free Poppy Holds Key to New Pain-Killers
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Australian scientists have discovered how a naturally morphine-free poppy blocks production of the narcotic, in a finding that could lead to the development of more effective drugs.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- For years, Americans have popped painkillers like they were candy to treat everything from headaches to arthritis. But new data show America's love affair with the medications may have cooled after the drug Vioxx was pulled from the market over safety concerns.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Friday approved a new Purdue Pharma L.P.  opioid-based drug that aims to provide "around-the-clock"  relief to patients with moderate to severe pain.
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PARIS  - Australian researchers have discovered a natural variant of the opium poppy that produces powerful painkilling compounds but none of the addictive morphine and codeine.
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Clearwater - There&#39;s a good chance it&#39;s in your medicine cabinet at home, it&#39;s called Naproxen, but most people know the painkiller under the brand name, Aleve.
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NEW YORK  - Women undergoing hysterectomy  who are given two types of painkiller around the time of the  surgery experience less postoperative pain, and this means they  need less morphine, Canadian researchers report.
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Britain faces a shortage of a powerful painkiller used to treat cancer patients, the Department of Health reports. It said a supply problem with the opiate-based drug diamorphine meant stocks would soon reach
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According to Dr. Mark Fendrick, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, the take-home message from the current scare over pain drugs is this: No matter
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A new arthritis drug made by Merck & Co. causes fewer stomach disorders and complications than an older painkiller, researchers said on Friday.
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Pain patients in London will be able to join a national study to test medicinal pot&#39;s safety. It&#39;s believed to be the first scientific look at how medical marijuana interacts or interferes with health problems
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The potential for harm reduces the uses of painkiller Fentora.
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The use of high or very high doses of morphine is safe for hospice patients being cared for at home, and does not reduce life expectancy, according to a report in the journal Cancer.
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Without clearer evidence of the safety of painkillers similar to Vioxx, doctors should avoid prescribing them for patients at risk of heart disease, according
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.  - U.S. scientific advisers  began hearing evidence on Wednesday about the benefits and  risks of pain killers taken by millions of Americans as  regulators weigh moves following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of  its arthritis pill Vioxx.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new Purdue Pharma L.P. opioid-based drug that aims to provide "around-the-clock" relief to patients with moderate to severe pain.
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The government approved on Tuesday a drug that offers a new way of fighting severe pain, an option for patients who no longer benefit from morphine and other traditional pain medications.
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A new type of breast cancer drug is clearly superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in many women and should now be the first drug used