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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Opium poppies can provide useful pharmaceuticals without making the addictive compounds in heroin and opium, an international team of scientists has shown.
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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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Fears about addiction and drug crime prevent millions of people from getting morphine, a drug that is cheap, effective and perfectly legal for medical uses in most countries.
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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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Toxin from a deadly sea snail found on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could revolutionize the treatment of chronic pain relief, scientists from the University of Queensland said on Tuesday.
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Consumers looking for alternatives to Vioxx have other painkillers to choose from, ranging from similar prescription drugs such as Celebrex to that old medicine-chest standby, aspirin.
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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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The Drug Enforcement Administration yesterday overturned a two-year-old policy that many pain specialists said was limiting their ability to properly treat chronically ill patients in need of powerful, morphine-based painkillers.
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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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Since Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in September, Olga Morales has been feeling the pain. Without medication, she said, her osteoarthritis feels like &quot;having a constant toothache all over your body.
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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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The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration said on Monday it had approved Cephalon Inc.'s   drug Fentora to treat pain in certain cancer patients.
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The pharmaceutical giant is selling its pain relievers and other consumer products.
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The government approved a drug Tuesday 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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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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The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved a new potent painkiller developed by Elan (ELN:NYSE - news - research)&quot; that is based on a toxin produced by a small marine snail.