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  • January 2008

    • Minorities Denied Potent Painkillers, Study Finds

      Reuters  |  Jan 2, 08 4:14 AM CST

      Minorities Denied Potent Painkillers, Study Finds

      (Newser) - Minority patients are less likely than white patients to receive powerful painkillers in hospital emergency rooms, a new study has found. Researchers discovered that 31% of white people in pain were given opioid drugs—narcotic painkillers like morphine and codeine—while Hispanic patients got them 24% of the time and blacks 23%. Overall, prescriptions for opioids have increased 14% since 1993. More »

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      drugs  • prescription drugs  • Hispanic  • painkiller  • minorities  • emergency room  • opioids

  • October 2007

    • Hot Sauce Could Be the New Morphine

      Associated Press  |  Oct 30, 07 11:09 AM CDT

      Hot Sauce Could Be the New Morphine

      (Newser) - Doctors think they have a hot lead on an alternative to opioid pain killers like morphine: chili peppers. California-based researchers are dripping what is essentially a sterile version of hot sauce—containing capsaicin, the chemical that gives peppers their bite—directly into open wounds during surgery. Just like biting into a pepper, it burns at first, the AP explains, but then numbness sets in—for days. More »

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      painkiller  • chili peppers  • opioids  • morphine  • anesthetic

  • April 2007

    • Ouch—Doc's Trial Highlights Pain Issues

      New York Times  |  Apr 24, 07 2:30 PM CDT

      Ouch—Doc's Trial Highlights Pain Issues

      (Newser) - The drug-trafficking trial of a Virginia pain specialist demonstrates the slippery slope between treating chronic conditions and enabling addicts. Dr. William Hurwitz's jury heard the story of a patient with deblitating migraines who had been treated with anxiety medication that actually caused headaches—by another doctor who happened to be an expert  witness for the prosecution. More »

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      health  • drugs  • medicine  • addiction  • OxyContin  • chronic pain  • opioids

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