Inhibition of morphine tolerance by spinal melanocortin receptor blockade
... spinal neuronal plasticity observed after chronic morphine administration//. The chronic use of morphine is accompanied by the development of morphine tolerance, which is one of the major problems associat...Morphine Withdrawal Complicates Hepatitis C Infection in Drug Abusers
... has now been established from a recent study that morphine withdrawal complicates the Hepatitis C infection b...usly been shown using cell culture techniques that morphine enhances virus replication and inhibits IFN-alpha (a natural anti-viral factor produced by immune, a...Terminally Ill deserves a better quality of Life
...care to people with advanced cancer, was given the morphine licence after five years of efforts. "This is a valuable resource that will help us provide our patients the means to control their pain without depending on the goodwill of others," said Harmala Gupta, president and founder of CanSupport. Among p...Terminally Ill Patients Could Be Offered A Better Life
...care to people with advanced cancer, was given the morphine licence after five years of efforts. "This is a valuable resource that will help us provide our patients the means to control their pain without depending on the goodwill of others," said Harmala Gupta, president and founder of CanSupport. It supp...Painkilling Patch As Effective As Intravenous Delivery Systems
...rs after surgery while 77 percent of those getting morphine intravenously rated that method highly. Thus the patches allow patients to move about more freely and may replace cumbersome intravenous systems that require a needle, tubes and a pump. However the fentanyl patch system is still under review by the...Morphine may excite cancerous tumors
According to a new study, morphine may be combined with tumor growth in mice. At present there is no scientific data that indicates morphine or similar pain medications will lead to increased cancer growth in humans.// However, researchers s......m patients receiving higher doses of drugs such as morphine live just as long as those who do not. In resear...ng the patient. People should not fear that taking morphine for pain need shorten life, and any doctor with such a worry about one of their patients should seek...