Using opiate-free anaesthesia may cut need for pain-killers: Study savita thakur thakur31 May 2016 3:52 PM ISTLONDON: Patients undergoing breast cancer surgery need less pain-killing medication post-surgery if they have anaesthesia that is free of opioid...
Chronic back pain linked to illicit drug use savita thakur thakur22 July 2016 1:42 PM ISTPeople living with chronic low back pain (cLBP) are more likely to use illicit drugs -- including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine --...
Ketamine fails to prevent post-operative delirium: Lancet Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Jun 2017 1:17 PM IST To blunt postoperative pain and reduce the need for opioid drugs following surgery, anesthesiologists often give patients low doses of the drug...
New vaccine to fight epidemic of opioid abuse Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Aug 2017 9:15 AM ISTSubstance abuse is a continuing problem in the U.S., particularly with heroin and other opioids, to the point of being an epidemic. Treatments exist,...
Chronic Pain - Alternative Treatment options to opioids Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 April 2018 7:20 PM ISTAccording to an estimate, 2 million people in the U.S. are addicted to prescription opioids, used for chronic or severe pain.Opioid drugs treat pain...
Anesthetic management of a patient with Steinert disease- case report Hina Zahid12 Aug 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Décia Gonçalves at Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Rua das Olhalvas, Portugal and colleagues have reported Anesthetic management of a patient with...
University of California scientists develop a test to detect opioid drugs in breath Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli6 Oct 2019 7:30 PM ISTA breathalyzer or breathalyser is a device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample.It is a popular device for estimating...
