Street Drug, 10,000 times more potent than MORPHINE finding its way to the markets Meghna Singhania6 May 2016 4:22 PM ISTReports have been flashing of a powerful drug, called W-18 is slowly finding its way to the streets of various parts of the world. The key feature of...
Ibuprofen better choice over oral morphine for pain relief in children after minor surgery Ruby khatun khatun12 Oct 2017 10:10 AM ISTWidely available ibuprofen is a better choice for pain relief in children who have undergone minor orthopedic outpatient surgery, as it has fewer...
25 Million Die in Pain Each Year For Want Morphine Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Oct 2017 7:30 PM ISTEvery year, some 25 million people -- one in ten of them children -- die in serious pain that could have been alleviated with morphine at just a few...
Dexmedetomidine Infusion effectively controls pain during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Vinay Singh singh18 May 2018 7:31 PM ISTIntraoperative DEX infusion is safe and effective for improving analgesia during and after laparoscopic cholecystectomy(LC), says study. Kateryna...
Low-dose Ketamine an effective alternative to opioids for acute pain Vinay Singh singh20 July 2018 7:25 PM ISTLow‐dose ketamine (LDK) is an analgesic alternative for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department (ED) which has been explored to...
Slow-Release morphine safe for some obstructive sleep apnea patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal16 Sept 2018 7:10 PM ISTA new study finds that a 40-mg dose of slow-release morphine may be safe for non-severely obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This is...
Care of Adults in ICU : SCCM 2018 Guidelines Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli14 Oct 2018 7:03 PM ISTSociety for Critical Care Medicine has released it's 2018 Guidelines on Care of Adult Patients in the ICU. The aim is to update and expand the 2013...
FDA approves sublingual sufentanil for acute pain Vinay Singh singh2 Nov 2018 8:28 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved sufentanil, DSUVIA™ indicated for the management of acute pain in adults that is severe enough...
CDC identifies top 10 drugs involved in overdose deaths Vinay Singh singh22 Dec 2018 7:20 PM ISTThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has generated a report identifying patterns in the specific drugs most frequently involved in...
Buprenorphine best option for treating neonatal abstinence syndrome: JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal24 Jan 2019 7:28 PM ISTNova Scotia, Canada: A new study suggests that Buprenorphine may be the optimal pharmacological treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).The...
Paracetamol, Ibuprofen combo reduces post operative morphine consumption: JAMA Deepanjana Sarkar18 Feb 2019 7:25 PM ISTIn a randomized clinical trial, it has been found that the combination of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen ) and Ibuprofen is effective in reducing morphine...
Abrupt opioid discontinuation can increase suicide risk, warns FDA Medha Baranwal Baranwal8 July 2019 7:15 PM ISTThe US Food and Drug Administration has released a recent safety communication stating that abrupt discontinuation of opioids or rapid reduction of...
