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Study analyses if medicines affect body's response to infections like COVI
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Sydney [Australia], March 2 (ANI): A new clinical review of immune responses to paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and opioid analgesics, with a focus on infectious diseases, has provided insights into the unintended impacts of these commonly used medicines.
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Many heart surgery patients might not need opioids for pain post discharge
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Chicago [US], January 15 (ANI): According to a new study, many heart surgery patients won't have to take opioids for pain after getting discharged from the hospital.
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Study finds many heart surgery patients may not need opioid for pain after
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chicago [US], January 10 (ANI): According to a recent study, many patients who undergo heart surgery won't have to take opioids as a pain medication after they get discharged from the hospital.
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Study finds new way to develop safer opioids
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): A team of researchers have designed a new opioid to bypass the part of the brain that feels pleasure, but retain the analgesic properties, which make opioids one of the most effective pain relievers.
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Study finds childhood trauma increases risk of opioid abuse
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): According to new research from the University of Georgia, young adults who experienced trauma in childhood are more at risk for misusing prescription opioids.
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Childhood trauma increases risk of opioid abuse: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): Young adults who experienced trauma in childhood are more at risk for misusing prescription opioids, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
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Physical therapy reduces risk of chronic opioid use for knee replacement p
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): A team of researchers have discovered a promising way to reduce knee replacement patients' risk of opioid addiction: Participate in physical therapy either before or after total knee replacement surgery.
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US, international partners arrest 150 people for darknet opioid traffickin
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of Justice issued a release on Tuesday saying it partnered with international law enforcement agencies in an operation that resulted in the arrest of 150 people alleged to have been engaged in opioid trafficking through the Darknet
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Researchers identify potentially safer approach to opioid drug development
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): Opioids are powerful painkillers but their use is hindered because patients become tolerant to them, requiring higher and higher doses, and overdoses can cause respiratory depression and death.
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Researchers identify neurons involved in overdose deaths
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): A new study has identified a group of neurons in the brainstem that plays a key role in the process of opioid overdose deaths caused by disrupted breathing.
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Need for opioids in palliative cancer can be reduced by Vitamin D suppleme
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): A randomized and placebo-controlled study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet showed that patients with vitamin D deficiency who received vitamin D supplements had a reduced need for pain relief and lower levels of fatigue in palliative cancer treatment.
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Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk for addiction to opioids: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): According to a new study, vitamin D deficiency strongly exaggerates the craving for and effects of opioids, potentially increasing the risk for dependence and addiction.
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