Painkiller Overdose ‘Epidemic’ Hits United States
Big Pharma is rendering the street-corner drug pushers of our childhoods obsolete. AFP reports: The United States is facing an epidemic of lethal overdoses from prescription painkillers, which have...
View ArticlePharma Moves To Make OxyContin For Kids
For when a bandaid isn’t enough. Via The Daily: The maker of OxyContin is seeking Food and Drug Administration approval to label the controversial painkiller for use by children as young as... The post...
View ArticleThe Snake Venom That’s Better Than Morphine
One wonders what a Black Mamba high might be like (although the story seems to suggest there might not be one) … from BBC News: A painkiller as powerful as morphine, but... The post The Snake Venom...
View ArticleScientists Target New Painkillers From Spider Venom
Scientists may be excited about the prospect of a new class of painkillers derived from spider venom, but will Big Pharma go for them if they’re not highly addictive? From the Wall... The post...
View ArticlePrescription painkillers source of addiction for most women
McMaster University via EurekAlert: Hamilton, ON (Nov. 9, 2015) – Painkillers prescribed by doctors are the starting point for an opioid addiction for more than half of female methadone clinic...
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