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1 hr ago | China Daily

The depressed are more apt to get opioids for pain

People who suffer from depression are much more likely to be prescribed powerful opioid painkillers like morphine and codeine and to stay on the drugs long-term, new research shows.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medication, University of Washington, Chronic Pain

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Drugs.com

FDA Approves Intravenous Formulation Of Pfizer's Revatio (Sildenafil) ...

Nov 20, 2009 - Pfizer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Revatio Injection, an intravenous formulation of Revatio.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Viagra, Sildenafil (generic), Medicine, Medication, Hypertension, Health, Circulation, Erectile Dysfunction

MediLexicon

Pfizer Submits New Pediatric Data For Lipitor(R) (Atorvastatin) To...

Pfizer Submits New Pediatric Data For Lipitor To The European Medicines Agency Pfizer Inc announced it has submitted pediatric data for Lipitor to the European Medicines Agency .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Pfizer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Cholesterol, Health

Business Wire

FDA Extends Review of NDA for Exalgo

Covidien , a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set a new action date under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act for the review of the New Drug Application for Exalgo Tablets , of February 22, 2010.

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Related Topix: Covidien, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Dilaudid, Hydromorphone (generic), Medication, Health, Marketing

MediLexicon

NeurogesX To Hold Conference Call To Discuss FDA Approval Of...

NeurogesX To Hold Conference Call To Discuss FDA Approval Of Qutenza 8% Patch For Treatment Of Postherpetic Neuralgia Main Category: Pain / Anesthetics Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Clinical Trials / Drug Trials NeurogesX, Inc.

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Related Topix: Startups, NeurogesX, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Health

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Science Daily

Common pain relief medication may encourage cancer growth

Two new studies advance that argument and demonstrate how shielding lung cancer cells from opiates reduces cell proliferation, invasion and migration in both cell-culture and mouse models.

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Related Topix: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medication, Health, Lung Cancer, University of Chicago

HydroINSIDER.com

Senior health landing page

Eating for your age: nutrition tips for seniors As we age, it's as important as ever to stick to a healthy diet.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health

Medical News

Epiphany Biosciences announces results from its valomaciclovir Phase 2b trial for shingles

Epiphany Biosciences announced results from its Phase 2b dose-ranging study of EPB-348 in patients with shingles infection.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Shingles, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Valtrex, Valacyclovir (generic), Medication

Wed Nov 18, 2009

China Daily

Pain drug morphine may accelerate cancer growth

Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumors from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication, Health, Biotech, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Constipation, Lung Cancer

WBAL-TV Baltimore

Study: CT Scans Rule Out Heart Attacks Faster

A CT scan -- a kind of super X-ray -- provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.

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Related Topix: Health, North Carolina, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Medication

Lincoln-Way Sun

Doctor: Seek cause of pain to help treatment

A big frustration in Dr. Faris Abusharif's life is when a new patient comes in and tells him he's been suffering from pain for a long time because someone told him that's just the way it was going to be.

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Related Topix: Health, Illinois, Back Pain

MedicineNet

Health Tip: When Baby Is Teething

When babies are teething , they're generally miserable from the pain, swelling and tenderness in their gums.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

Tue Nov 17, 2009

KIVI-TV Nampa

The double trouble of psoriatic arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis is a disease that deals the body a double blow. Both skin and joints are affected by this autoimmune disorder.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Psoriatic Arthritis, Inflammation, Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, Ibuprofen (generic), Medication, Naproxen (generic), Aleve, Naprosyn

MediLexicon

BioElectronics Technology More Effective Than Extra Strength...

BioElectronics Corp. announced that its disposable drug-free anti-inflammatory devices proved to be significantly more effective than acetaminophen in a clinical study of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness .

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Related Topix: Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

Mon Nov 16, 2009

WVNS-TV

Doctors Warn About the Dangers of Drug Interaction

Let's say you go to your local pharmacy to pick up your prescription for high blood pressure.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hypertension, Health, Medication, Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, Ibuprofen (generic), Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic)

Marin Independent Journal

Par Pharma gets FDA approval for generic Ultram ER

Par Pharmaceutical Co. said Monday it received marketing approval for a generic version of Johnson & Johnson's extended-release chronic pain drug Ultram ER, and has started shipping the drug.

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Related Topix: Ultram, Tramadol (generic), Medicine, Medication, Food and Drug Administration, Health

Sun Nov 15, 2009

NPR

To Help Healing, Doctors Pay More Attention To Pain

Dr. Lynn Webster, a pain specialist, treats a patient at Lifetree Clinical Research and Pain Clinic in Salt Lake City.

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Related Topix: Health, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT

American Academy of Family Physicians

New Report Sounds 'Call to Revolutionize Chronic Pain Care'

Chronic pain costs the United States more than $100 billion a year in direct medical costs and lost productivity, and it leads to more than 50 million lost workdays annually.

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Related Topix: Health, Chronic Pain, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, UC Los Angeles

Sat Nov 14, 2009

EMaxHealth

AMA gives medical marijuana a boost

The American Medical Association gave medical marijuana a boost on Tuesday. The AMA has urged the federal government to loosen its hold on the drug by reconsidering the classification of marijuana.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Health, Drug Enforcement Administration

Kansas' CW

An aspirin a day: is it right for you?

Aspirin has long been touted as a wonder drug. The ancient Greeks used the natural form of aspirin, which came from willow trees, as medicine.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Medication, Stroke, Health, Headache

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