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Prescription Drug Addiction Is Under Investigation
April 18, 2007 — A new study to evaluate treatments for addiction to prescription painkillers is being launched in California. This is the first large-scale study to assess whether addiction to opioid painkillers, ... > full story -
Dipyrone May Treat Headaches -- But Use With Caution
April 17, 2007 — The controversial drug dipyrone can treat acute headaches, but patients should be warned of the risk of potentially serious blood disorders (or "dyscrasias"), concluded a Cochrane Review team. ... > full story -
Morphine Kills Pain -- Not Patients, New Research Shows
March 21, 2007 — Many people, including health care workers, believe that morphine is a lethal drug that causes death when used to control pain for a patient who is dying. That is a misconception according to new ... > full story -
Potential New Pain Killer Developed
March 16, 2007 — A potential new pain-killing drug that avoids many side effects of other strong pain killing drugs has been developed by medical scientists at the University of Leicester and Ferrara in ... > full story -
New Evidence For Receptor's Role In Alcohol Pleasure And Problems
March 7, 2007 — A genetic variant of a receptor in the brain's reward circuitry heightens the stimulating effects of early exposures to alcohol and increases alcohol consumption, according to a new study by NIAAA ... > full story -
Why 'Wanting' And 'Liking' Something Simultaneously Is Overwhelming
March 2, 2007 — Wanting and liking are separate urges controlled by different brain circuits and when combined at once, the impact on the brain is especially powerful, according to University of Michigan ... > full story -
Addiction Breakthrough May Lead To New Treatments
March 2, 2007 — Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered why some individuals may be predisposed to drug addiction and believe it may lead to better treatments for this brain ... > full story -
Using Morphine To Hasten Death Is A Myth, Says Doctor
March 2, 2007 — Using morphine to end a person's life is a myth, argues a senior doctor in a recent letter in the British Medical Journal. It follows the case of Kelly Taylor, a terminally ill woman who went to ... > full story -
Disrupting Brain's Stress System Intensifies Opiate Withdrawal
February 15, 2007 — Avoiding the severe pain, nausea, agitation, sweats and other symptoms of opiate withdrawal are among the many reasons addicts are motivated to continue taking drugs. Now, researchers have found that ... > full story -
Slow-Release Morphine Reduces Level Of Intractable Cough
February 15, 2007 — Slow-release morphine helped a group of patients with long-term, treatment-resistant chronic cough reduce their daily cough score levels by 40 ... > full story
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