New Drug Approved To Treat Chronic Pain
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A synthetic form of a sea-snail venom was approved yesterday by the Food and Drug Administration as a novel approach to treating severe, chronic pain.
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Pfizer Inc. won U.S. approval on Thursday to promote its prescription drug Lyrica for treating fibromyalgia, a chronic disease which can cause debilitating pain, sleep problems, stiffness and fatigue.
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Enhancing a natural pain-filtering mechanism in the spine helped relieve chronic pain in mice without the unwanted side effects of current pain relievers, Swiss researchers said on Wednesday.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Purdue Pharma&#39;s Palladone (hydromorphone hydrochloride) for people requiring 24-hour pain relief for an extended period.
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The first drug approved to treat fibromyalgia was given the go-ahead for marketing by the Food and Drug Administration last month.  Lyrica, made by Pfizer, was approved several years ago to treat epilepsy, shingles pain and nerve pain related to diabetes. The federal agency okayed the new use aft...
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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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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. (ELN) (UK:ELA) said the US Food and Drug Administration approved Prialt for the management of severe chronic pain in patients for whom intrathecal (IT) therapy
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A new drug to treat Alzheimer&#39;s disease has been approved by Health Canada. It doesn&#39;t cure the disease, but it can slow down its effects, giving patients more mental clarity.
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The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new Purdue Pharma LP opioid-based drug that aims to provide &quot;around-the-clock&quot; relief to patients with moderate to severe pain.
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Eli Lilly and Co. LLY.N said on  Tuesday that U.S. regulators have approved its new  antidepressant Cymbalta as a treatment for pain associated with  nerve damage in diabetics, making it the first drug to be  approved for the disorder.
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NEW YORK  - An experimental drug has been  shown to combat the underlying cause of nerve damage that  occurs in people with diabetes.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new chemotherapy drug called Ixempra has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat women with advanced breast cancer who haven't responded to three other types of chemotherapy.
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Eli Lilly and Co.'s new antidepressant  Cymbalta was shown in a small clinical trial to be effective in  reducing pain in women suffering from fibromyalgia, a chronic  disorder that causes widespread pain in the muscles and soft  tissues, researchers said.
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The first drug to treat fibromyalgia has been approved, but some dispute the very existence of the condition.
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NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 25: The Federal Government has just approved a new medicine for multiple sclerosis that doctors say represents a new treatment approach that will significantly reduce the frequency of disabling episodes.
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The federal government has just approved a new medicine for multiple sclerosis that doctors say represents a new treatment approach that will significantly reduce the frequency of disabling episodes.
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People taking Oxycontin, codeine and other powerful painkillers for chronic pain could get a 90-day supply, under a proposal Wednesday that would let patients avoid repeated doctor visits to get more than 30-day prescriptions.