Morphine for Chest Pain Increases Death Risk
While patients hospitalized for a heart attack have long been treated with morphine to relieve chest pain, an analysis by researchers from the Duke Clinical Research Institute has shown that these patients have almost a 50 percent higher risk of dying. The researchers call for a randomized clinical trial to confirm their analysis. Meanwhile, they advise cardiologists to begin treatment wi...Opiate cocktail may spare cells from morphine's dark side
Although morphine is well known as a highly effective analgesic, its clinical utility is severely limited by the development of drug tolerance, the requirement for increasing doses to maintain analgesic effect, and the development of physical dependence. In the June 7 issue of Current Biology, researchers report a new study showing that the administration of a drug cocktail containing morphine al...Hepatitis C complicated by morphine withdrawal
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated that morphine withdrawal complicates hepatitis C by suppressing IFN-alpha-mediated immunity and enhancing virus replication. The paper by Wang et al., Morphine withdrawal enhances hepatitis C virus (HCV) replicon expression, appears in the November issue of The American Journal of Pathology and is accompanied by a commentary. <...The shape of things to come: Morphology database going global
A Florida State University researcher who specializes in the evolutionary history of wasps is now creating a buzz about a new way for scientists to store, share and study plant and animal images. Fredrik Ronquist, a professor in the School of Computational Sciences, is one of the founders of MorphBank, an international Web database that contains thousands of high-resolution photographs and...A link is found between morphine addiction and the tendency to explore
A team of researchers from the UAB has found experimental evidence in rats showing a link between addiction to morphine and the tendency to explore perseveringly. This is the first time a direct relationship has been found without other psychological characteristics, such as anxiousness, that might affect results. Published in Behavioural Brain Research, the results of this study are useful for p...MetaMorph from Universal Imaging Corporation (a subsidiary of Molecular Devices)
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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 say their findings warrant further studies for managing cancer pain. Researchers from the University of Minnesota Cancer Center found doses of morp...Morphine Withdrawal Complicates Hepatitis C Infection in Drug Abusers
Hepatitis C, a condition that leads to inflammation of the liver is common among intravenous drug users. There are nearly 70-80 % of abusers are suffering from // the disease in the United States. This high association has generated interest in determining the effects of drug abuse, specifically opiates, on progression of the disease. The discovery of such an association would impact...Inhibition of morphine tolerance by spinal melanocortin receptor blockade
Recent research suggests that the melanocortin system is an important component influencing the changes in the 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 associated with opiate treatment. Possible modulation of opioid effects by melanoc...Metamorphosis of U.S. Hospital Buildings
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Using morphine to end a person’s life is a myth, argues a senior doctor in a letter to this// week’s BMJ. It follows the case of Kelly Taylor, a terminally ill woman who went to court earlier this month for the right to be sedated into unconsciousness by morphine, even though it will hasten her death. Mrs Taylor’s request to use morphine to make her unconscious under the...SureStep™ Drug Screen Tests - One-Step Immunoassays (Morphine II)
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 5, 2007 - JavelinPharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: JAV), a leading developer of novelproducts for pain control, today announced that its Phase 2multi-dose study of Rylomine was published in Pain Medicine, theofficial journal of The American Academy of Pain Medicine. Thearticle, entitled, "Analgesic Efficacy and Safety ofMorphine-Chitosan Nasal Solution in P...