Cannabis may encourage use of non-medical opioid, finds study
The study, published in the scientific journal Addiction, is among the first to test opioid substitution directly.
Oct 11, 2020, 19:32 PM IST
This pain treating herbal supplement unsafe for use
The herb 'kratom', which is increasingly being used to treat pain and opioid addiction, is not safe for use.
Jul 10, 2019, 18:04 PM IST
Anti-depressants raise hip fracture risk in elderly: Study
Australians are among the highest users of anti-depressants in the world, with approximately 10 per cent of the adult population taking them each day.
Jun 04, 2019, 12:06 PM IST
Short-term opioids usage increases subjective pleasure: Study
As part of a recent study, a team of researchers examined the effects of remifentanil, an opioid, and naloxone, an opioid agonist, on emotional responses evoked by pleasant and unpleasant film clips.
May 27, 2019, 10:55 AM IST
Opioid use may up hip fracture risk in Alzheimer's patients
The findings also showed that the risk was highest in the first two months of opioid use and attenuated after that.
Nov 28, 2018, 17:12 PM IST
With no morphine, 25 million die in pain each year: Report
Of the 172 countries studied, 25 had essentially no morphine, while a further 15 had enough to meet less than one per cent of pain relief requirements.
Oct 15, 2017, 18:36 PM IST
Venomous marine snail may provide potent painkiller: Study
The medical community is in need of alternative therapies that do not rely on the opioid pathways to relieve pain.
Feb 21, 2017, 17:26 PM IST
Five reasons why you should stop taking too many painkillers!
If you are the type who pops in painkillers without wasting thoughts over your action, then it is time to be alert. Taking in too many painkillers have side-effects which can, in fact, turn life-threatening.
Dec 17, 2016, 04:42 AM IST
Canada, China agree to jointly combat fentanyl smuggling
The drug`s use in Canada has turned into a public health crisis that Paulson described as "a grave threat."
Nov 25, 2016, 03:41 AM IST
Painkillers without deadly side effects developed
Researchers, including Aashish Manglik from Stanford University, custom-engineered the drug from scratch, using computational techniques to explore more than four trillion different chemical interactions.
Aug 18, 2016, 16:19 PM IST
America witnesses surge in deaths caused by overdose of drug more stronger than heroin
10 people died over a period of 12 days from drug overdose in the Sacramento area.
Apr 07, 2016, 14:31 PM IST
Opioids don't guarantee improvement in physical function
Patients who were not prescribed any opioids had statistically lower disability and higher physical functioning scores, the findings showed.
Jan 23, 2016, 15:08 PM IST
Pakistan smuggles drugs worth Rs 7,500 crore into Punjab every year: AIIMS report
Notably, nearly all of the heroin enters India over the Pakistan border, and by the smugglers backed by Pakistan's ISI.
Jan 15, 2016, 12:40 PM IST
Long-term use of opioid may increase risk of depression
Longer duration of use of opioid is linked with onset of depression after controlling for pain and daily morphine equivalent doses.
Jan 13, 2016, 16:11 PM IST
