Advance Reported in Nonaddictive Painkiller
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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.
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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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12/21/04 -- It&#39;s the third largest pain relief drug in recent months to be linked with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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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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Drug firm Merck &amp; Co. will present data this week showing that an experimental arthritis drug, Arcoxia, a treatment in the same class as its recently withdrawn Vioxx, showed no significant
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One of the first researchers to link the popular prescription painkillers Vioxx and Celebrex to heart problems blamed aggressive advertising for escalating
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Supplies of a powerful painkiller used to treat cancer patients are near critical lows, the Department of Health says. It said a supply problem with the opiate-based drug diamorphine meant
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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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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
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Cancer patients were urged not to worry today following a shortage of the common painkiller used to treat those suffering from the disease.
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Novartis&#39; pain killer Prexige did not raise the rate of serious heart issues and led to fewer ulcer problems compared to normal anti-inflammatory drugs, results of a study of over 18,000 patients showed.
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Novartis AG&#39;s Prexige painkiller is  significantly better for blood pressure than older generic drug  ibuprofen, researchers said on Friday.
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People should not automatically stop taking certain painkillers because of warnings about heart attacks and strokes, physicians said yesterday - a day after a fourth popular anti-inflammatory drug was linked to such problems.
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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.
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Cephalon's promotion of its pain drug Actiq might have crossed the line.
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The public shouldn&#39;t have to wonder if the medicines they take are going to cure them or kill them. Recent suspicions that a number of painkillers carry potential health risks suggests the agency responsible
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In a March 4 story about pain medicines for children, The Associated Press erroneously reported the effect of codeine. It is a pain-reliever, not a fever-reducer.