A non-opioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals could become a blockbuster, but questions remain on whether it will prove ...

Paul Earley, MD The opioid drugs, the pain killer drugs, produce a very strong physiological dependence that is only under rare circumstances is life-threatening, but is extremely painful.

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has ordered the quarantine of pain killer drug Mefnac oral (Mefenamic Acid 50 Mg/5 MI). In a statement on Wednesday, December 11, PPB stated that the action ...

Narrator The Food and Drug Administration now requires these popular pain killers to include warnings about possible risks such as stomach bleeding and liver damage when not taken as directed ...

And the drug “may not be suitable” for those with liver or kidney ... the use of paracetamol as a first-line pain killer for ...

During a trip to Madagascar, Paris Pharmacist Georges Feuillet, who was already turning out 15 patent drugs, developed furunculosis ... ended with excruciating pain, fits of delirium, blindness ...

The first scientific study of prescription painkiller use by retired NFL players shows higher rates of misuse than that of the general population, possibly due to players' use during playing days.

THE FAMILY of a young mum who was stabbed 45 times by a coke fiend told their heartbreak after her killer was banged up in a state hospital. Drug abuser Michael Porchetta, 28, brutally knifed ...

The current strategies in neuroprotection clinical trials are based either on symptomatic treatment using antiepileptic or pain-killer drugs, such as pregabalin, lamotrigine and gabapentin ...