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URGENT: FDA May Remove or Limit Access to Opioid Pain Medications
The FDA is currently developing what they term “Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies” or REMS in relation to opioid pain medications. What that means is they are working on a plan to ensure that the benefits of opioid medications outweigh the risks, which include misuse, abuse and accidental overdose.
It's no secret that the abuse of prescription drugs has increased dramatically over the past several years. The FDA is developing REMS in an effort to curb that abuse. But it's up...
Expert & Community Posts
What Do You Do if You are Forced to Come Off of Your Opioid Pain Medication Without Medical Guidance
By Will Rowe , Health ExpertOpioid medications have a natural property that causes physical dependence. Other medications used... Read more »
Pain Patients Should Not be the Victims in the War on Drugs
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...charged with 50 counts of unlawfully prescribing opioid pain medication. In 2004 Dr. Hurwitz... Read more »
Taking on Breakthrough Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...treatment of persistent pain usually requires long-acting opioids, and it may be necessary to... Read more »
Opioid Therapy: When Use Becomes Abuse
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...treatment of chronic pain involves long-term narcotic (opioid) treatment. However, as has been... Read more »
What to Do if You've Been Fired from Your Pain Care Provider
By Will Rowe , Health Expert...considered an infraction of your pain care agreement or "opioid contract"; you might have been... Read more »
Health Guide
NHF Survey: Migraine-Specific Medications vs. Nonspecific Medications for Acute Treatment
...Migraine patients are currently taking “potentially addictive medications that contain barbiturates or opioids and have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the relief... Read more »Fibromyalgia and Surgery
...designed to prevent triggering the central sensitization process. Ask that you be given pre-operative opioid pain medication about 90 minutes before your surgery to minimize central... Read more »Fibromyalgia Medication
...example, Celebrex).Corticosteroid anti-inflammatories like prednisone and dexamethasone. Opioids such as codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine and fentanyl. Tramadol, a... Read more »Medication Overuse Headache Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Rebound?
...their causing MOH.Ergotamines such as DHE, Migranal, Cafergot.Simple analgesics such as acetaminophen.Opioids such as Codeine and Diluadid.Combination medications such as: Butalbital compounds... Read more »Understanding Chronic Pain
...in medical school. On top of that, federal regulations surrounding the prescribing and use of the opioid pain medications often needed to treat chronic pain are such that many doctors would... Read more »Images
Related News
Opana and Opana ER gain FDA approval for pain management
October 02, 2008The Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for a new opioid pain medication, Opana (oxymorphone hydrochloride). The medication will be... Read summary »
'Double' pain med moves forward in clinical trials
October 03, 2008An experimental 'double' opioid pain medication has moved into Phase III clinical trials. The med, currently called Q8003IR, is an immediate-release... Read summary »
Drug relieves constipation caused by pain meds
October 02, 2008Seriously ill patients who take opioid pain medications often face constipation. But the drug methylnaltrexone appears to provide relief from this... Read summary »
Study: Morphine painkillers don't impair driving
October 03, 2008U.S. researchers report that moderate, long-term use of opioid pain medications such as morphine don't impair a person's driving ability. In a recent... Read summary »
Onsolis approved for severe cancer pain
August 07, 2009The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new opioid painkiller called Onsolis for patients with severe cancer-related pain.... Read summary »
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