Opioid in Medical News

Pain Medicine Experts Recommend Monitoring, Education for All Opioid Medicines

American Academy of Pain Medicine Submits Comments on REMS; Leaders in Pain Research and Treatment Available to Media to Discuss Abuse, Diversion, and Pain Treatment GLENVIEW, Ill., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducts public hearings this week on Ri...

Here to Help(TM): Unique Program Combines Direct Personal Assistance With Web-Based Resources to Improve Opioid Dependence Treatment Outcomes

-Here to Help(TM), a new support program designed to improve treatment outcomes for patients dependent on prescription painkillers or heroin, from Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals- RICHMOND, Va. , May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals has launched Here to Help(TM), an u...

Nausea Drug Shows Promise Against Opioid Addiction

Ondansetron relieves withdrawal symptoms without side effects, early study shows WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A drug currently used to treat nausea can prevent symptoms of withdrawal from illegal and prescription opioid drugs such as heroin, morphine and codeine, a new study ...

Charleston Conducts Evaluation of an Opioid Symptoms Questionnaire

CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Charleston Laboratories, Inc, an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to reducing opioid-induced nausea and vomiting (OINV) in opioid pharmaceuticals, announced preliminary findings from its development and testing of an Opioid Symptoms ...

New guidelines for prescribing opioid pain drugs published

GLENVIEW, IL, Feb. 10, 2009 A prestigious panel of pain-management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) www.ampainsoc.org and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescribing potent...

New Guidelines for Prescribing Opioid Pain Drugs Published

GLENVIEW, Ill., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A prestigious panel of pain-management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) www.ampainsoc.org and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescri...

New guideline for prescribing opioid pain drugs published

A national panel of pain management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive, evidence-based clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescribing potent opioid pain medications for patient...

TheraQuest's IND for Abuse Deterrent Strong Opioid (TQ-1015) Accepted by FDA

BLUE BELL, Pa., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- TheraQuest Biosciences, Inc. a development stage pain management company today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its Investigational New Drug ("IND") application for TQ-1015, its abuse deterrent extended release stro...

DURECT Announces the IND Submission for a Third Abuse-Resistant Opioid Pain Medication Based on Its ORADUR(TM) Technology

CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX ) today reported that Pain Therapeutics (Nasdaq: PTIE ), its licensee, has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an abuse-resistant opioi...

Akela Pharma initiates its first abuse deterrent opioid Phase I clinical trial

http://www.akelapharma.com Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: AKL MONTREAL, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Akela Pharma Inc. (TSX: "AKL"), a drug development company focused on developing therapies for the inhalation and pain markets, today announced that it has started its first EDAC...

Journal of Opioid Management Welcomes New Editor-in-Chief!

WESTON, Mass., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Weston Medical Publishing announced today that Dr. Paul A. Sloan, MD, will take over as Editor-in-Chief of its Journal of Opioid Management ( http://www.opioidmanagement.com/ ). In making the announcement, publisher Richard A. DeVito Jr. pointed to Dr. ...

Flynn Pharma Acquires Rights From Pacira Pharmaceuticals to DepoDur(R), the Only Extended-Release Epidural Opioid for Post-Operative Pain, in Europe

HITCHIN, England, and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Flynn Pharma Limited, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring and commercializing proprietary products in secondary healthcare and related markets, today announced it has acquired exclusive marketing and distribution rig...

Long Term Opioid Drug Usage May Lead to Addiction

Back pain is one of the most common complaints that physicians face all over the world, afflicting up to 19 percent of working adults. Opioid drugs, such as Oxycontin and Vicodin // are often prescribed to control the pain in chronic cases. A new study finds that these narcotic drugs should o...

Overdose of Opioid Painkillers Can Kill Pain and The Patient

The most common drugs responsible for deaths due to overdose happens to be opioid painkillers which are procured illegally without a prescription//, say researchers. According to the researchers, powerful opioid drugs like oxycodone or fentanyl are now being frequently prescribed by Doctors...

Sudden Opioid Withdrawal Results in ‘Broken Heart Syndrome

Two new studies published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings revealed a link existing between sudden opioid withdrawal and cocaine use with the onset of cardiac syndromes.// ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’, which was characterized by chest pain, shortness of breath mimics heart attack. The findings she...

Ambiguous Efficacy Of Opioid Drugs In Chronic Inflammatory Joint Pain Relief

Endomorphins are highly powerful a tool for pain management, just as morphine, a problematic narcotic derived from the opium poppy. It has previously been found that endomorphins are able to sidestep concerns// of side effects by virtue of their hard-wired relationship to the body's own pain contro...

Watson Announces Limited Recall Of Fentanyl Transdermal System

... moderate to severe chronic pain that requires continuous, around the clock opioid administration for an extended period of time and cannot be managed by other means such as non-steroidal analgesics, opioid combination products, or immediate release opioids. Anyone who comes...

Medicines Top Source of Kids' Poisonings

...e reach of toddlers. While many overdoses are accidental, the dangers of opioid use among teens is the subject of a new study in this month's Archives of ...relief is not the main reason that one in 10 high school seniors have tried opioid drugs. The most common reasons included relaxation, feeling good or getting...

One in 10 High School Seniors Have Used Narcotic Painkillers

...n relief isn't the main reason why one in 10 high school seniors have tried opioid drugs, a new U.S. study finds. The most common reasons included relaxati...mp; Adolescent Medicine . For the study, McCabe's team collected data on opioid use among 12,441 U.S. high school seniors (most aged 18 years). The student...

AcelRx Announces Perfect Performance of Handheld Component of ARX-01 Sufentanil NanoTab PCA System in a Phase 2 Study

...CA System for management of acute post-operative pain in patients requiring opioid analgesia during hospitalization. Patients reliably self-administered sufen...ly for oral transmucosal absorption. Sufentanil is a high therapeutic index opioid approved for IV and epidural administration. Although the analgesic efficac...

Researchers identify potential patient safety risks among methadone maintenance treatment patients

...ternal Medicine . MMT is a chronic therapy for opioid dependence, a chronic relapsing disease that often...document both methadone on the medication list and opioid dependence on the medical problem list. When this ...d in medical care by evaluating the frequency that opioid dependence and MMT documentation were missing in m...

A comprehensive review of addiction to prescription painkillers among patients and physicians

...timism. Addiction to and abuse of prescription opioid drugs are prevalent, and they exact an immense tol...g Cancer Center, New York, in "Issues in Long-Term opioid Therapy: Unmet Needs, Risks, and Solutions." opioid drugs have been used by humans for thousands of ye...

FDA Mandates Tougher Warnings for Pain Pills

...se people taking the 50-year-old drug have been dying from overdoses. Dextropropoxyphene, which is called propoxyphene in the United States, is an opioid widely used to treat mild to moderate pain. It was first introduced in the United States in 1957 under the brand name Darvon and is marketed today by ...

REMOXY(R) NDA Update

...ommercialize on a worldwide basis REMOXY and other oral sustained release drug candidates using the ORADUR technology which incorporate four specified opioid compounds. Under the license agreement, DURECT is reimbursed for formulation and other work performed under its agreement, and will receive additional...

Cesarean section: Local anesthetic reduces need for painkillers post-op

...ped countries. They found that women treated with local anaesthetic as well as local or regional anaesthesia did not require as much morphine or other opioid drugs for pain relief after their operations. When non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were also given, pain was reduced further. One concern, ho...

Pain Medicine Experts Recommend Safe and Responsible Use of Acetaminophen

... AAPM recognizes that analgesics that combine acetaminophen and an opioid do pose additional risk for patients with pain conditions that require doses of the opioid component for sufficient pain relief that exceed safe doses of the...

Endo Pharmaceuticals to Announce Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results on July 30, 2009

...tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe acute pain where the use of an opioid is appropriate; OPANA(R) ER tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain in patients requiring continuous, around-the-clock opioid treatment for an extended period of time; and VOLTAREN(R) Gel, a nonsteroid...

Atlantic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Completion of Successful Pre-IND Meeting with FDA for Abuse Deterrent Narcotic

...dissolution in water can expose the entire dose of opioid contained in the formulation, allowing it to be in... The increasing misuse, abuse and diversion of opioid pain medications have become widespread and pose c... In 2005, the estimated total cost associated with opioid abuse, including health care, justice, and work-re...

NUCYNTA(TM) (tapentadol) CII Immediate Release Tablets Now Available for Relief of Moderate to Severe Acute Pain

...emplated, a dose reduction of one or both agents should be considered. opioid analgesics can raise cerebrospinal fluid pressure as a result of respirator...essure such as those with head injury and increased intracranial pressure. opioid analgesics may obscure the clinical course of patients with head injury due...

Is Your Teenager Using Prescription Drugs Behind Your Back? TestCountry Drug Test Panel Numbers Tally with NIDA Fact Sheet Reports on Prescription Drug A

...um, Ativan and Halcion are used to treat sleep disorders and anxiety. On the other hand, drugs containing buprenorphine are actually used for treating opioid addiction withdrawal. These trends coincidentally parallel the 2008 results of the annual survey made by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID...

Stroke Damage Is Less in Rats Given Opioids

... Drugs induce a state of hibernation that improves recovery, study shows WEDNESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Hibernation induced by opioid drugs reduced brain damage and behavioral dysfunction in a study of rats that experienced an experimental stroke, researchers report. "Studies in h...

Men with Low Testosterone See Multiple Doctors Before Being Diagnosed; Many Dissatisfied with Current Treatment Options

...tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe acute pain where the use of an opioid is appropriate; OPANA(R) ER tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain in patients requiring continuous, around-the-clock opioid treatment for an extended period of time; and Voltaren(R) Gel, a nonsteroid...

KV Pharmaceutical Company, Purdue Pharma L.P. Settle OxyContin(R) Dispute

...ns the following boxed warning : WARNING: OxyContin(R) is an opioid agonist and a Schedule II controlled substance with an abuse liability simi...lar to morphine. Oxycodone can be abused in a manner similar to other opioid agonists, legal or illicit. This should be considered when prescribing or d...

Rx for Africa, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent for Strategic Alliance with Rusan Pharma, Ltd. of India

...forafrica.com . About Rusan Pharma, Ltd. Established in 1994, Rusan specializes in the areas of pain management, substitution treatment, opioid withdrawal, anti- tuberculosis, psychiatric drugs and anti-infectives. Its facilities include an ultra-modern formulations unit approved by UK MHRA, S...

Endo Pharmaceuticals to Present at Goldman Sachs 30th Annual Healthcare Conference

...tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe acute pain where the use of an opioid is appropriate; OPANA(R) ER tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain in patients requiring continuous, around-the-clock opioid treatment for an extended period of time; and Voltaren(R)Gel, a nonsteroida...

Endo Announces Compensation for New CFO Alan Levin

...tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe acute pain where the use of an opioid is appropriate; OPANA(R) ER tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain in patients requiring continuous, around-the-clock opioid treatment for an extended period of time; VOLTAREN(R) GEL, a nonsteroidal a...

Process for Planning Safe Pain Treatment Outlined in Presentation at FDA Meeting

...Part of the answer in ensuring safe patient use of opioid medications lies in first identifying the ways the...ere pain but can also be very addictive, to reduce opioid misuse and abuse as part of its mandated Risk Eval...he said, should assure that any patient in need of opioid treatment would be able to receive and safely use ...

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Markets Generic Roxicodone(R) Tablets

...blets are an immediate-release oral formulation of oxycodone hydrochloride indicated for the management of moderate to severe pain where the use of an opioid analgesic is appropriate. These generic versions of oxycodone 5 mg, 15 mg, and 30 mg tablets are therapeutically equivalent to Roxicodone(R) tablets f...

Nektar Announces UCB's Cimzia(R) Approved by U.S. FDA for Adult Patients Suffering From Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

...ms to improve and enable molecules. The company recently announced positive Phase 2 results for Oral NKTR-118, its proprietary novel peripheral opioid antagonist that combines Nektar's advanced small molecule polymer conjugate technology platform with naloxol, a derivative of the opioid-antagonist dr...

New Once-Daily RYZOLT(TM) (tramadol HCl extended-release tablets) Now Available in the U.S.

... RYZOLT's active ingredient, tramadol, is a centrally-acting synthetic opioid analgesic that binds to the mu -opioid receptor and also inhibits the reupt...e RYZOLT for patients who are suicidal or addiction-prone. Like other opioid agonists, legal or illicit, tramadol can be abused. RYZOLT could be abused...