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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Why Don't Painkillers Work For People With Fibromyalgia?
September 27, 2007 — New research shows that people with fibromyalgia were found to have reduced binding ability of a type of receptor in the brain that is the target of opioid painkiller drugs such as ... > full story -
Pain Patients At Risk For Sleep Apnea
September 6, 2007 — Sleep-disordered breathing was common when chronic pain patients took prescribed opioids. A direct dose-response relationship was found between central sleep apnea and methadone and benzodiazepines, ... > full story -
Researchers Separate Analgesic Effects From Addictive Aspects Of Pain-Killing Drugs
August 21, 2007 — For the first time, pain researchers have shown that it's possible to separate the good effects of opiate drugs such as morphine (pain relief) from the unwanted side effects of those drugs ... > full story -
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FDA Warning On Codeine Use By Nursing Mothers
August 17, 2007 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned that nursing infants may be at increased risk of morphine overdose if their mothers are taking codeine and are ultra-rapid metabolizers of ... > full story -
Painkiller Abuse Continues To Grow; New Treatments Offer Hope
June 27, 2007 — Increasingly, drug abusers are getting their next fix from their medicine cabinets, instead of from drug dealers. More than 6 million Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to the U.S. Drug ... > full story -
Morphine Makes Lasting -- And Surprising -- Change In The Brain
April 25, 2007 — New findings may help explain the origins of addiction in the brain. The research also supports a provocative new theory of addiction as a disease of learning and ... > full story
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