Older adults who are new users of opioids and are already suffering with lung disease are at more than two-fold higher risk of dying from a respiratory-related complication compared to non-opioid users, says a research.
Patients undergoing breast cancer surgery need less pain-killing medication post-surgery if they have anaesthesia that is free of opioid drugs, new research suggests.
Research probes into the challenges of opioid addiction and how one can be healthy by overcoming the same.
More and more people are struggling with addiction to opioid and prescription medications, warns a study, adding that they are misusing them for chronic pain and 'self-medicating' their pain.
Pre-operative opioid users have higher rate of post-operative complications.
With the use of synthetic opioid 'designer drugs' on the rise, scientists have developed a vaccine to curb addiction and even prevent fatal overdoses.
The threshold for safe daily dose of opioid painkiller prescription may be lower than most people think -- or than most guidelines recommend, says a new study.
Scientist discover the element that makes us feel pain.
Older adults who are new users of opioids and are already suffering with lung disease are at more than two-fold higher risk of dying from a respiratory-related complication compared to non-opioid users, says a research.
Patients undergoing breast cancer surgery need less pain-killing medication post-surgery if they have anaesthesia that is free of opioid drugs, new research suggests.
Research probes into the challenges of opioid addiction and how one can be healthy by overcoming the same.
More and more people are struggling with addiction to opioid and prescription medications, warns a study, adding that they are misusing them for chronic pain and 'self-medicating' their pain.
Pre-operative opioid users have higher rate of post-operative complications.
With the use of synthetic opioid 'designer drugs' on the rise, scientists have developed a vaccine to curb addiction and even prevent fatal overdoses.
The threshold for safe daily dose of opioid painkiller prescription may be lower than most people think -- or than most guidelines recommend, says a new study.
Scientist discover the element that makes us feel pain.
