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16 hrs ago | Salem-News.com

Medical Marijuana for Headaches: Safer and Less Toxic than NSAIDS

The anti-marijuana folks will take great offense at this, but it is a fact. Although NSAIDS are relatively non-toxic as compared to morphine, etc., they do have toxic attributes.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Medicine, Headache, Health, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Stroke

Yesterday | MediLexicon

Variant Of Main Painkiller Receptor Designed

Opioids, such as morphine, are still the most effective class of painkillers, but they come with unwanted side effects and can also be addictive and deadly at high doses.

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Related Topix: Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Chemistry, Health

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Boston.com

RI pharmacist loses license as kids given morphine

A pharmacist and former state senator had his license revoked by the state director of health on Monday after two young children who got medicine from his pharmacy were mistakenly given morphine.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Family, Kids

EurekAlert!

Missing enzyme linked to drug addiction

A missing brain enzyme increases concentrations of a protein related to pain-killer addiction, according to an animal study.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine

Sun Jun 16, 2013

PsychCentral

New Research Paves the Way for Oxycontin, Vicodin Alternatives

Researchers have discovered a novel way to handle moderate to severe pain that paves the way for lower dosage painkillers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Health, Pain, Pharmacology

Patch.com

Always Your Daughter

If I had known that what he was about to tell me would be the last words my father would ever speak to me, I might have said something powerful in return.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Natural Holistic Health

Emotional Wellness - The Endorphins and Serotonin Connection

To understand whether there is a connection between emotional wellness and endorphins and serotonin at all, it is important to understand what endorphins and serotonin are.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Daily Herald

Medical marijuana is about quality of life

In regard to your recent "Taking Sides" column on the battle over medical marijuana, I have been in severe pain since 1994 after an accident, with fibromyalgia, gout and RSD reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and I have been using everything from morphine, Vicodin and other painkillers, and I have pain 24 hours a day and am disabled because of it.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic)

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Heroin antidote saves local lives

Heroin overdose deaths in Marathon County have skyrocketed in the past three years, but some officials say the death toll would be even higher if not for a drug that reverses the effects of heroin in just minutes.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marathon County, WI, Medicine, Health, Pain, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic)

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Daily Sentinel

Special Needs Parenting: I did NOT sign-up for this

Life has not been easy for my Asperger/ADHD/Bipolar/Asthma/PANDAS Syndrome son lately.

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Related Topix: Family, Parenting, Medicine, ADHD, Health, Pain

EurekAlert!

Penn Researchers design variant of main painkiller receptor

Hydrophobic groups on the exterior of the mu opioid receptor makes experimenting on new painkilling drugs difficult, since the receptor can't be taken out of cellular membranes and put in... Opioids, such as morphine, are still the most effective class of painkillers, but they come with unwanted side effects and can also be addictive and deadly at ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Chemistry

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Freshnews

QRxPharma Granted US Patent On Hybrid Opioids

QRxPharma Limited announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the Company U.S. Patent #8,461,171 titled "Hybrid Opioid Compounds and Compositions," which expires in 2031.

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Related Topix: USPTO, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Health, Pain, Food and Drug Administration

MediLexicon

Researchers On A Path To Lower-Risk Painkillers

For patients managing cancer and other chronic health issues, painkillers such as morphine and Vicodin are often essential for pain relief.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Health, Pain, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Pharmacology

Tue Jun 11, 2013

ABC 27

Authorities warn heroin hitting Hershey area

"The Sweetest Place on Earth" may have a bitter underbelly, according to authorities.

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Related Topix: Hershey, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Medicine, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Lebanon County, PA

Cape Business News

A history of painkillers

It is a curious fact that in spite of more than a century of medical research, most of our presently used analgesics are still based on the poppy seed-pod , extract of willow-bark and certain coal tar derivatives such as paracetamol.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Health, Pain, Malaria, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer

Mon Jun 10, 2013

Medical Daily

Opioid Receptor Discovery Could Lead To Painkillers With Fewer Side Effects, Lower Addiction Risk

The discovery of a new binding site in pain-sensing nerve cells could lead to prescription drugs that are as effective as morphine, Vicodin, and Oxycontin, but have lower risk of side effects, tolerance, and addiction.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Drugs, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Pharmacology

PhysOrg Weblog

A path to lower-risk painkillers

For patients managing cancer and other chronic health issues, painkillers such as morphine and Vicodin are often essential for pain relief.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Health, Pain, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Pharmacology

Newswise

A Path to Lower-Risk Painkillers: Newly-Discovered Drug Target Paves Way for Alternatives to Morphine

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - For patients managing cancer and other chronic health issues, painkillers such as morphine and Vicodin are often essential for pain relief.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Health, Pain

Sun Jun 09, 2013

Daily Mail

Father spent 20 years trying to discover what caused excruciating...

A father-of-two spent almost half his life in excruciating pain only to discover he had a broken back.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain

Salon

Top 5 investigative videos of the week: "I want a man like Putin"

We scour the Web and gather the best investigative videos from major broadcasters, independent filmmakers and emerging voices.

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin, Medicine, Health, Pain