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Failure of AstraZeneca Trial Big Blow For Anti-Addiction Drugs: Report
The failure of the trial of the drug AZD4041 by pharma giant AstraZeneca, to combat opioid use disorder (OUD), highlights the challenges in developing non-opioid medications that treat addiction and withdrawal, according to a report.
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Placebo Effect Link Discovered With Previously Unassociated Parts of the Brain
Patients suffering from chronic pain have limited treatment options, often relying on medications like opioids that come with harmful side effects and high addiction risks. A new study in mice, published in Current Biology journal, suggests a new way to use the placebo effect for treating chronic pain. By activating specific neurons in the brain li...
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Indian-Origin US Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Opioids
A 76-year-old Indian-American doctor in the US state of California has pleaded guilty to three counts of illegally prescribing opioids and other medication, authorities said.
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Indian-Origin Doctor Faces 20 Years In Jail For Writing Illegal Medicines
An Indian-origin doctor pleaded guilty to illegally giving controlled substances to six patients, including one who suffered from opioid addiction and later died of a drug overdose.Gurpreet Singh Bajwa, 49 of Fairfax, Virginia temporarily lost his medical license in 2012 following an investigation by the Virginia Department of Health Professions (D...
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Indian-Origin Employee At Pharmacy Convicted In Illegal Opioid Scheme
A 27-year-old Indian-origin man has been convicted for conspiring to distribute an opioid pain medication outside the usual course of professional practice and without any legal medical purpose.
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2 Infants Die After Vaccination At Primary Health Center In Hyderabad
Two babies died and 32 were hospitalised in a case of medical negligence in Hyderabad after they were wrongly administered with opioid, a medicine not used on babies, at a primary health care centre.
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FDA Approves A Powerful New Opioid Amid Warnings Of Likely Abuse
This tiny pill just three millimeters in diameter is likely to worsen the nation's drug crisis, according to critics and the head of the FDA's advisory committee on painkillers.
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Neuroscientist Studied Brain Entire Life. Then Hers Veered Off Course
When people die after suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, opioid abuse or some other mental disorder, Lipska's team works with local medical examiners to collect their brains. There is a sense of reverence when one comes in. Each brain is a clue in an effort to understand mental illness, which is the subject Lipska has spent...
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Overuse Of Painkillers Increase Obesity Risk By 95%
People who take painkillers other than heart disease, diabetes and stroke medication increase their risk of obesity by 95%.
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Get Rid Of Alcohol Addiction Without Spending A Bomb
The study found that patients, who combined substance abuse treatment with primary medical care were more than twice as likely to receive treatment for opioid or alcohol abuse, as compared to peers who received usual primary care services.
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Canada Authorises New Drug Consumption Rooms
Canada's health minister on Monday approved opening North America's first new drug consumption rooms in more than a decade, in an effort to contain the opioid overdose crisis.
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Chronic Pain Increases Risk Of Opioid Addiction
People with moderate or more severe chronic pain are at 41 per cent higher risk of developing prescription opioid use disorders, according to a study.
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Prince Died Due to Accidental Overdose of Painkillers
The medical examiner's office, as is customary, gave no details other than the cause of death, with the sheriff's department in Minnesota's Carver County still investigating events leading to Prince's sudden demise
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Prince Had Opioid Medication With Him When He Died: Reports
Individuals with knowledge of an emergency stop made by Prince's plane just days before the star's death said that he had overdosed on an opioid at that time
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Opioid Medication Found On Prince, At Death Scene: Report
Authorities investigating the death of Prince found prescription opioid medication on him, according to various news outlets on Wednesday, the same day court records showed a judge appointed a bank to safeguard the music legend's estate.
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Failure of AstraZeneca Trial Big Blow For Anti-Addiction Drugs: Report
The failure of the trial of the drug AZD4041 by pharma giant AstraZeneca, to combat opioid use disorder (OUD), highlights the challenges in developing non-opioid medications that treat addiction and withdrawal, according to a report.
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Placebo Effect Link Discovered With Previously Unassociated Parts of the Brain
Patients suffering from chronic pain have limited treatment options, often relying on medications like opioids that come with harmful side effects and high addiction risks. A new study in mice, published in Current Biology journal, suggests a new way to use the placebo effect for treating chronic pain. By activating specific neurons in the brain li...
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Indian-Origin US Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Opioids
A 76-year-old Indian-American doctor in the US state of California has pleaded guilty to three counts of illegally prescribing opioids and other medication, authorities said.
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Indian-Origin Doctor Faces 20 Years In Jail For Writing Illegal Medicines
An Indian-origin doctor pleaded guilty to illegally giving controlled substances to six patients, including one who suffered from opioid addiction and later died of a drug overdose.Gurpreet Singh Bajwa, 49 of Fairfax, Virginia temporarily lost his medical license in 2012 following an investigation by the Virginia Department of Health Professions (D...
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Indian-Origin Employee At Pharmacy Convicted In Illegal Opioid Scheme
A 27-year-old Indian-origin man has been convicted for conspiring to distribute an opioid pain medication outside the usual course of professional practice and without any legal medical purpose.
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2 Infants Die After Vaccination At Primary Health Center In Hyderabad
Two babies died and 32 were hospitalised in a case of medical negligence in Hyderabad after they were wrongly administered with opioid, a medicine not used on babies, at a primary health care centre.
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FDA Approves A Powerful New Opioid Amid Warnings Of Likely Abuse
This tiny pill just three millimeters in diameter is likely to worsen the nation's drug crisis, according to critics and the head of the FDA's advisory committee on painkillers.
-
Neuroscientist Studied Brain Entire Life. Then Hers Veered Off Course
When people die after suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, opioid abuse or some other mental disorder, Lipska's team works with local medical examiners to collect their brains. There is a sense of reverence when one comes in. Each brain is a clue in an effort to understand mental illness, which is the subject Lipska has spent...
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Overuse Of Painkillers Increase Obesity Risk By 95%
People who take painkillers other than heart disease, diabetes and stroke medication increase their risk of obesity by 95%.
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Get Rid Of Alcohol Addiction Without Spending A Bomb
The study found that patients, who combined substance abuse treatment with primary medical care were more than twice as likely to receive treatment for opioid or alcohol abuse, as compared to peers who received usual primary care services.
-
Canada Authorises New Drug Consumption Rooms
Canada's health minister on Monday approved opening North America's first new drug consumption rooms in more than a decade, in an effort to contain the opioid overdose crisis.
-
Chronic Pain Increases Risk Of Opioid Addiction
People with moderate or more severe chronic pain are at 41 per cent higher risk of developing prescription opioid use disorders, according to a study.
-
Prince Died Due to Accidental Overdose of Painkillers
The medical examiner's office, as is customary, gave no details other than the cause of death, with the sheriff's department in Minnesota's Carver County still investigating events leading to Prince's sudden demise
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Prince Had Opioid Medication With Him When He Died: Reports
Individuals with knowledge of an emergency stop made by Prince's plane just days before the star's death said that he had overdosed on an opioid at that time
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Opioid Medication Found On Prince, At Death Scene: Report
Authorities investigating the death of Prince found prescription opioid medication on him, according to various news outlets on Wednesday, the same day court records showed a judge appointed a bank to safeguard the music legend's estate.
