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October 02, 2008
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Prescribing Narcotics: A Doctor's Point of View
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...significant relief for those sufferers of chronic pain. For example, the development of opioids... Read more »
FDA Issues Warning About Duragesic Patches
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...“The fentanyl patch is a narcotic (opioid) pain medicine applied to the skin for treating... Read more »
New FDA Scrutiny on Pain Medications
By Will Rowe , Health ExpertThe FDA has a very tough job. With respect to medicines, they require and examine documents that... Read more »
Opioid Therapy: When Use Becomes Abuse
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...care practices of 235 family physicians and internal medicine doctors in Wisconsin, focusing on... Read more »
Health Guide
NHF Survey: Migraine-Specific Medications vs. Nonspecific Medications for Acute Treatment
...diagnosis.” Dr. Richard B. Lipton professor and vice chair of neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City and director of the Montefiore Headache Center An online... Read more »Fibromyalgia Medication
...categories of medications most often used to treat fibromyalgia: 1. Analgesics Analgesics are pain killers. They include: Over-the-counter medications like aspirin,... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Medications
...sprayed with either ethyl chloride (Chloroethane) or Fluori-Methane. These chemicals are not numbing medicines. They cool the blood vessels in the skin to inactivate the tender points. Numbing... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Medications and Alternative Treatments
...substances from their diet such as caffeine, alcohol, aspirin, and avoid smoking. Patients can take certain medicines to suppress the acid in the stomach that is causing the erosion of the stomach... Read more »Restless Legs Syndrome and Related Disorders: Medications
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends medications for RLS or periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) only for persons who fulfill strict diagnostic criteria, and who experience... Read more »Images
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Related News
Pain Relief to go After Surgery
May 05, 2008SALT LAKE CITY (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- At most hospitals across the country, patients who undergo orthopedic surgery are given narcotics to help... Read summary »
Elderly should not use NSAIDs long-term: experts
May 06, 2009An expert panel of American Geriatrics Society is all but "crossing off" non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) from its list of recommended... Read summary »
Unapproved narcotics get FDA warning
April 09, 2009The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings to nine companies for selling 14 unapproved narcotic pain medicines as part of an... Read summary »
Antioxidants: the newest painkiller?
October 02, 2008Painkillers that are made from antioxidants may one day become effective alternatives to addictive medicines like morphine, researchers say.... Read summary »
Study: Inflammation may block tolerance to pain meds
October 03, 2008Patients who use opioid medications such as morphine and oxycodone to control pain usually build up a tolerance to the medicines over time. But... Read summary »
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