People with opioid use disorder are not receiving life-saving medication Isra Zaman5 Aug 2022 9:30 AM ISTWhile the opioid overdose and death epidemic continues to worsen across the United States, medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and...
TOP MEDICAL NEWS 30/JULY/2022 Isra Zaman31 July 2022 2:15 PM IST1. Benefits of advanced MRI for patients with heart stiffening diseaseAn advanced form of cardiac MRI, developed by academics at UCL in collaboration...
Coming wave of opioid overdoses Isra Zaman30 July 2022 9:30 AM ISTOver the past 21 years of opioid overdose deaths-from prescription drugs to heroin to synthetic and semisynthetic opioids such as fentanyl-geography...
Opioid use disorder: Flexible treatment at home proves effective Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 July 2022 11:00 AM ISTIn Quebec alone, 339 people died from opioid intoxication between January and September 2021, according to the latest data from the Public Health...
US drug distributors prevail in USD 2.5 billion West Virginia opioid case Ruchika Sharma5 July 2022 9:00 AM ISTThe companies welcomed the ruling, which AmerisourceBergen said struck down the notion that the distribution of U.S. Food and Drug...
Duloxetine Added to Multimodal Pain Management Reduced Opioid Use After TKR Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Jun 2022 12:15 PM IST A study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) found that the antidepressant duloxetine reduced the use of opioid medication when...
Aromatherapy can reduce post-surgical opioid use by half, preliminary US study finds Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Jun 2022 12:15 PM ISTAromatherapy reduces post-surgical opioid use by half in hip replacement patients anxious before their operation, according to a new preliminary study...
Mindful intervention shows promising result in reducing opioid misuse and chronic pain Isra Zaman6 May 2022 8:30 PM ISTMindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) intervention can lead to sustained improvements in opioid misuse and chronic pain symptoms, a recent...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy shows promise for treatment of opioid addiction Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli13 April 2022 10:45 PM ISTSPOKANE: Wash-Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may help people being treated for opioid addiction reduce their methadone dose and better manage pain and...
Opioid-free anesthesia tied to better pain control in pancreatic surgery: Study Medha Baranwal16 Feb 2022 9:00 AM ISTBelgium: A recent study in the journal BMC Anesthesiology found that implementing opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) protocol during pancreatic resection is...
Opioids over-prescribed after total joint arthroplasty, finds study Dr Supreeth D R27 Jan 2022 8:45 AM ISTOpioids are over-prescribed after total joint arthroplasty, Finds a new study appearing in Journal of Orthopaedics.As the current opioid epidemic in...
FDA warns about dental problems with sublingual buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder and pain Hina Zahid18 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning that dental problems have been reported with medicines containing buprenorphine that...
