Access to naloxone doesn’t make heroin seem less risky
Researchers plead to extend its use to all. THE ESSENTIAL Naloxone is a prescription drug that can quickly reverse an ...
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Pain treatment: towards the development of opioids without side effects
More than 200 people die every year in France from an overdose of opioids. THE ESSENTIAL Today, 19% of Europeans ...
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Opioid addiction: medical cannabis is an insufficient alternative
For people dependent on opioids, therapeutic cannabis offers the hope of reducing pain, without the side effects of these synthetic ...
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Vitamin D deficiency can make you more easily addicted to opioids
People with severe vitamin D deficiency are 90% more likely to use opioids and become addicted to them. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Ibuprofen more effective against pain than codeine
Ibuprofen is ultimately more effective against pain than codeine, a highly addictive opioid. THE ESSENTIAL As in the United States, ...
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Opioids to relieve labor pains: beware, danger!
Women receiving opioids to relieve the pain of vaginal birth have an increased risk of becoming dependent, overdosing or dying. ...
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How frustration can lead to addiction
A Texas addiction research team has identified frustration as a factor in substance use disorders. THE ESSENTIAL Conducted with rats, ...
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Opioids may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer
American scientists find that the increase in the use of opioids is correlated with an increase in cases of pancreatic ...
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Opioid crisis: supporting dependent pregnant women, the new recommendation from the Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends better support for drug-addicted mothers, in order to accompany them in their addiction and ...
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Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Severe Pain and Prevent Opioid Addiction
Three artificial intelligence methods can be used to predict who would be in the most pain after surgery. These new ...
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Why are obese people more likely to use opioids?
Class III obese people are 158% more likely to use opioids than people with an average BMI. In question: osteoarthritis, ...
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Opioid addiction: tramadol will soon be prescribed for three months
From April 15, tramadol, the most consumed opioid in France, will no longer be prescribed for one year but for ...
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Buprenorphine: not the best solution to treat opiate addiction
To be effective, this drug should be taken for several years — if not for life — to avoid any ...
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Self-medication with kratom can be dangerous for treating alcoholism
Kratom, a herbal opioid, is not the best solution for treating patients with an alcohol problem. In the United States, ...
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Osteoarthritis: are corticosteroid injections really harmful?
For patients suffering from osteoarthritis, corticosteroid injections could be harmful and lead to poorly understood complications. This is shown by ...
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Functional colopathy: hope for a treatment
A new study has found nervous system receptors that cause pain in functional bowel disease that may lead to the ...
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Chronic pain: the responsible protein has been identified
The discovery of the protein responsible for maintaining chronic pain could contribute to the development of a new targeted treatment.Physicians ...
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Opioids at bargain prices on the “darknet”
The availability of opioids sold at very low prices on the "darknet" is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths ...
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American pregnant women addicted to opioids
© Getty imagesIn the United States the "opioid crisis" strikes young Americans but also pregnant women. A recent report from ...
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Opioid overdoses in France: an antidote still deemed too difficult to access
According to the France Patients Experts Addictions Association (FPEA) and several experts, kits delivering naloxone to save the lives of ...
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Tramadol: a serious risk of hypoglycemia
Prescribed as a painkiller, this opioid analgesic would significantly increase the risk of hypoglycemia, reveals a new study.With 12 million ...
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Opioid crisis in the United States: a record fine of 572 million dollars for Johnson & Johnson
American justice recognized Monday, August 26 the responsibility of the Janssen laboratory, pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson, in the ...
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Opioid crisis: soon less addictive painkillers?
A groundbreaking study based on the behavior of a microscopic worm offers a new understanding of the genetics at work ...
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Surgery before pregnancy linked to higher risk of baby’s opioid addiction
Infants whose mothers underwent surgery during pregnancy may be at increased risk of opioid withdrawal symptoms at birth.Addiction to opioids, ...
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Chronic pain: Opioid users find it more difficult to seek treatment
Researchers conducted a trial with approximately 200 US clinics. Nearly half of them refuse patients who take opioids to relieve ...
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Opioid crisis: French doctors sound the alarm
90 French medical doctors call for action against the opioid crisis.Faced with the opioid crisis which is hitting the United ...
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Opioid crisis: an Australian doctor is developing an implant to fill the gap
In Australia, Doctor O'Neil has developed an implant blocking the effects of drugs for months in addicts. If it is ...
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HIV in Ile-de-France, opioid crisis and teleconsultations for allergies HIV: in Ile-de-France, 10,000 people do not know they have Allergies: teleconsultation reduces waiting time to see a specialist
In Ile-de-France, 10,000 people are unaware of having HIV, an Australian doctor is developing an implant to fill the addictive ...
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Opioid crisis: the American manufacturer Insys will pay 225 million dollars
Suspected of having paid bribes to doctors to encourage them to prescribe its powerful opioid fentanyl, the American laboratory Insys ...
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United States: the opioid crisis is increasing the number of transplants
The number of organs removed from a donor who has succumbed to an overdose is constantly increasing across the Atlantic, ...
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