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Long-term opioid use may not increase risk of Alzheimer's
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 25 (ANI): Myth busted! Long-term use of powerful pain-relieving drugs is not associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, shows a recent study.
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Opioid usage resulting in increased cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June14 (ANI): A recent study reveals the number of newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome - often caused by mothers using opioids during pregnancy - is increasing in the United States, thereby increasing the burden in terms of hospital days and costs.
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Investigators examine relationship between pain, opioid abuse
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 12 (ANI): Despite recommendations to use non-opioids, a study has found that drug overdose epidemic is largely driven by opioids, and it seems that doctors continue to prescribe it for chronic pain.
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Natural brain opioids better anxiety-buster than morphine
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 26 (ANI): Boosting natural brain opioids may be a better way to treat anxiety, according to a recent study.
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Dear parents! Store prescription opioids away, out of sight of kids of all
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 20 (ANI): Dear adults, opioids prescribed cautiously for chronic pain should be stored up, away and out of sight of kids of all ages, in a locked cabinet is best, as a study finds most of the exposures occurred among children younger than five years were 60 perce
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Opioid treatment associated with chronic wound healing: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 23 (ANI): A study published in Wound Repair and Regeneration, has found that the chronic wounds heal faster if a patient has never received opioids drugs.
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