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  Should Heroin Be Prescribed To Addicts?

  January 10, 2008 — Experts debate whether heroin should be prescribed to addicts who are difficult to treat. Maintenance treatment with heroin is appropriate for heroin misusers under certain circumstances, argue one ... > full story
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  Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely To Get Strong Pain Drugs In Emergency Rooms

  January 1, 2008 — Despite increases in the overall use of opioid drugs to relieve severe pain, black and Hispanic patients remain significantly less likely than whites to receive these pain-relievers in emergency ... > full story
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  Morphine: A Comfort Measure For The Dying Or Pain Control For The Living?

  December 10, 2007 — Cancer patients are suffering unnecessarily because they wrongly believe that morphine and other opioids are only used as "comfort for the dying" and as a "last resort" rather than seeing them as ... > full story
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  Strong Pain-Killing Drugs Without The Addiction

  November 23, 2007 — Scientists are developing new pain-killing drugs that are not addictive. They have discovered how opioid drugs such as morphine both relieve pain and also cause ... > full story
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  Driving Abilities Not Impaired By Moderate, Long-Term Pain Medication Use, Study Suggests

  November 23, 2007 — Opioid pain relievers, such as morphine and other narcotics, carry warning labels urging patients not to drive or operate heavy machinery during use. In addition, drivers under the influence of pain ... > full story
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  'Runner's High' May Also Strengthen Hearts

  November 8, 2007 — Endorphins and other morphine-like substances known as opioids, which are released during exercise, don't just make you feel good -- they may also protect you from heart ... > full story
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  The More We Get, The More We Need: How To Prevent Morphine 'Tolerance'

  November 1, 2007 — Tolerance to the pain-relieving effects of morphine -- which builds rapidly with prolonged use -- can be prevented by blocking a substance that's formed when the drug is taken, researchers have ... > full story
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  Opium And Marijuana Research Go Underground

  October 31, 2007 — The world's leading expert on the opium poppy is turning his attention to cannabis working with the producers of medical marijuana in Canada. The research team is trying to find new uses for the ... > full story
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  Nicotine Patch Decreases Post-Surgical Pain

  October 19, 2007 — The use of a nicotine patch -- successfully used to help many smokers decrease their dependency on nicotine -- was shown to reduce pain in men after prostate removal surgery in a new anesthesiology ... > full story
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  How Does The Opioid System Control Pain, Reward And Addictive Behavior?

  October 14, 2007 — The opioid system controls pain, reward and addictive behaviors. Opioids exert their pharmacological actions through three opioid receptors, mu, delta and kappa whose genes have been cloned (Oprm, ... > full story

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