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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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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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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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Researches find body's natural pain killers can be enhanced
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): A study in cells and mice finds an opioid-receptor modifying compound that works to relieve pain using the body's own pain-killers, with fewer side effects than opioids.
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Study suggests digital apps can help chronic pain sufferers
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 5 (ANI): Health apps have become a popular tool to track fitness, weight loss, sleep, and even menstrual cycles, and now another benefit of using digital applications has come to light.
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Deadliest of synthetic opioids can be weakened by experimental vaccine: St
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): During COVID-19, as the opioid epidemic raged on with an even greater force, researchers have been working on new therapeutic interventions that may be helpful in preventing the bulk of deaths due to opioid overdose.
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Model predicts likelihood of persistent high-dose opioid use after knee su
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): A new study published in Arthritis Care & Research has identified 10 readily available clinical factors that may predict which patients will persistently use high doses of opioids in the year following knee replacement surgery.
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