Advance Reported in Nonaddictive Painkiller
45755
While the opium poppy is the source for compounds needed to make potent painkillers such as oxycodone and other medicines, it is also the source for the illegal drug heroin.
585395
Scientists are hunting new ways to help millions of pain sufferers &#151; from addiction-resistant narcotics to using brain scanners for biofeedback &#151; amid a worrisome rise in abuse of today's top prescription painkillers.
107493
Painkillers suspected of causing fatal heart disease may act by starting the process of hardening the arteries, researchers proposed on Thursday.
360341
The drug offers a new way of fighting severe pain, an option for patients who no longer benefit from morphine .
34608
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.
274018
Common painkillers like  ibuprofen and naproxen may act as a double-edged sword when it  comes to men&#39;s prostate function, according to a report in the  Harvard Men&#39;s Health Watch.
255531
FRIDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- For years, experts have noted that people who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for pain relief also lower their risk for a variety of cancers.
396845
Novartis AG's Prexige painkiller is significantly better for blood pressure than older generic drug ibuprofen, researchers said on Friday.
57134
The risk of intestinal damage from common painkillers may be higher than thought, research suggests.
398548
Confused by the news that the pain reliever Celebrex might increase the risk of heart attack, 67-year-old Sharon Panick went to her doctor this week to learn whether
758430
Merck & Co. Inc.'s painkiller Arcoxia offers a "marginal" advantage in gastrointestinal safety but seems "worse than" other pain drugs in terms of deaths and serious cardiovascular problems, U.S. regulatory staff said in documents released on Friday.
262668
A handful of genes in a morphine free poppy could hold the key to producing improved pain management pharmaceuticals. Norman, the âno-morphineâ poppy, is superior to morphine producing poppies as it produces
416084
Similar painkilling drugs, including Celebrex, do not share the same risks, two new studies say.
373977
Two studies released yesterday have turned up new evidence that all of the popular arthritis painkillers known as cox-2 inhibitors may put users at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes.
633623
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.
487765
Dec. 21--Naproxen, a common painkiller sold under the brand name Aleve, appears to increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, the government said yesterday, making it the third major painkilling drug linked to heart problems in recent months.
264029
Continuous infusion of the local painkiller bupivacaine into surgical wounds appears to increase oxygenation to the site, which may in turn promote wound healing and prevent post-operative wound infections, new research shows.