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NEWS ABOUT: opioids

opioids stories: 3 news summaries

Minorities Denied Potent Painkillers, Study Finds

ER docs prescribe more drugs to whites

Jan 2, 08 4:14 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Hot Sauce
Could Be the New Morphine

Chemical in chili peppers that burns
also numbs—for days

Oct 30, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(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... More »

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opioids • painkiller • morphine • anesthetic • chili peppers

Ouch—Doc's Trial Highlights Pain Issues

Was he trafficking narcotics or treating  chronic pain?

Apr 24, 07 2:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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