Browsing: prescription opioids

Most infants born with Prenatal Opioid Exposure (POE) look and seem completely unaffected – even those that go through withdrawal. A new meta-analysis shows that brain development and motor skills in children exposed to opioids in pregnancy lag behind other children significantly.

The FDA will mandate that pharmaceutical companies conduct studies to determine if opioids are effective for long-term pain. The move…

Just 30 minutes of exercise a day can reduce blood pressure in older people who are overweight or obese almost…

An increasing number of fatal car crashes in the US are the result of one of the drivers being on…

Patients who need Rx opioids for chronic pain say it has been getting harder to obtain them. How do you…

Physicians may be more likely to prescribe opioids if they receive payments from the pharmaceutical industry, according to a study…

Fewer than half of postmarketing studies required for drugs granted accelerated approval (AA) have been completed . A study evaluated whether…