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Entereg® (Alvimopan): FDA-Approved for Post-Surgery Bowel Function
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 23, 2008
...after surgery .
Entereg® (Alvimopan) is a first-in-class small molecule, peripherally-acting mu opioid receptor (PAM-OR) antagonist designed to block the adverse side effects of opioid analgesics on...
FDA Issued Second Safety Warning on Fentanyl Skin Patch
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 26, 2007
...tem, an adhesive patch that delivers a potent pain medicine through the skin.
Containing the opioid fentanyl (a potent narcotic ) was approved by the FDA in 1990 for use in patients with...
FDA Warning: Potential Serious Side Effects of Fentora (fentanyl buccal)
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 27, 2007
...t of breakthrough pain in patients with cancer who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain in September 2006.
Now, the FD...
Nalmefene: New Drug Treatment Strategy for Drinking Problem?
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 10, 2007
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Nalmefene - manufactured by Biotie Therapies Corporation (a Finnish company) - is an opioid antagonist that works to block the effects of endorphins.
Though nalmefene has not bee...
Acute Headache Drug Dipyrone Can Cause Serious Blood Disorders
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 20, 2007
...asias ".
These were the warning of a recently concluded Cochrane Review .
Dipyrone , a non-opioid painkiller launched in Germany in 1922 was later banned from many countries including the USA...
Illicit Drug and Alcohol Use Declining in Teens, Misuse of Prescription Painkillers Increasing
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 23, 2006
...al for doctors and the general public to understand that private office-based medical treatment for opioid addiction is available with an FDA-approved medication called buprenorphine."
Bupreno...
USFDA Granted Biosite® Inc. Clearance to Add Methadone in its Triage® TOX Drug Screen
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 20, 2006
...otic withdrawal and dependence. It relieves withdrawal symptoms from heroin, morphine and other opioid drugs.
Following this FDA clearance, Biosite can now offer the Triage® TOX Drug Screen with anal...
Got Aches and Pains? Too Much Tylenol Might Make Your Liver Hurt
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 12, 2006
...l tablets every day for two weeks. Some participants took Tylenol by itself, some paired it with an opioid painkiller, and some took placeboes. While no one in the placebo group showed significant liv...
Dangers of rapid heroin detox
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 24, 2005
...anesthetized for about four hours while they got a large dose of a drug that blocks the brain's opioid receptors.
In an awake patient, the initial dose would cause severe withdrawal symptoms, Col...