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NEWS ABOUT: painkiller

painkiller stories: 28 news summaries

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Merck to Settle Suits for $4.85B

Deal will be official once 85% of plaintiffs agree

Nov 9, 07 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Merck has agreed to shell out $4.85 billion to settle 27,000 Vioxx lawsuits brought by plaintiffs who argued that the pain medication damaged health and caused deaths. The agreement, one of the largest in history, must still be approved by 85% of the plaintiffs, but it's likely to... More »

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Merck • drug safety • Vioxx • painkiller • settlement • civil lawsuits

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

Acupuncture Reduces Post-Op Pain: Studies

Patients needed less medication, had
fewer side effects

Oct 17, 07 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Acupuncture before or during surgery can reduce post-operative pain, researchers have found. Patients who received the nontraditional treatment reported less pain after various surgeries, needed less pain medication and suffered fewer side effects from the medication they took, according to 15 clinical studies reviewed by the team. "The use... More »

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medicine • surgery • alternative treatment • painkiller • acupuncture

Even Fake Acupuncture Best for
Back Pain

Chronic sufferers find relief in treatment

Sep 25, 07 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Acupuncture has a far better success rate than other treatments for patients with chronic lower back pain,  and fake acupuncture is nearly as effective as the real thing, a new study has found. Normal medical treatment produced significant improvement in 24% of people, while 47% of acupuncture patients felt... More »

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medicine • chronic pain • medical treatment • painkiller • acupuncture • medical study

Americans Double Use
of Pain Meds

Led by Oxycodone, sales of painkillers soared 90% in 8 years

Aug 20, 07 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Retail sales of five major painkillers rose a whopping 90% from 1997 to 2005, a new AP analysis of DEA statistics shows. The increase is driven by Oxycodone, the chemical used in OxyContin, which has seen sales increase nearly 600%. Causes include an aging population, huge new drug marketing campaigns,... More »

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medicine • OxyContin • patient • Americans • painkiller • Oxycodone

WWE Wrestles With Drugs, Lifestyle

Untimely deaths, widespread abuse appear to be linked

Aug 16, 07 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Benoit's murder-suicide last June spotlighted the disproportionate number of early deaths among professional wrestlers; one activist has counted more than 60 dead before reaching 50 over the past 10 years. And a taxing, drug-addled lifestyle plays a big role. More »

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steroids • wrestling • Chris Benoit • WWE • World Wrestling Entertainment • drug use • death • painkiller • Eddie Guerrero • wrestler

Harsh Reality: Richie Draws 4-Day Sentence

Wrong-way starlet pleads guilty to DUI

Jul 27, 07 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Giving the cast of The Simple Life an 0-for-2 record in the California courts, Nicole Richie was sentenced to 4 days in jail today after pleading guilty to driving the wrong way on an LA freeway while under the influence of drugs. The skeletal starlet must attend 21 days of... More »

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drugs • alcohol • DUI • drunk driving • marijuana • Vicodin • sentencing • jail • Nicole Richie • The Simple Life • painkiller

Kevorkian
Set to Leave
Prison Friday

'Doctor Death' will retire from mercy killing, won't stop lobbying for legalization

May 27, 07 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian, the champion of mercy killing, will be released from prison June 1 after doing eight years for helping a Michigan man commit suicide. The 79-year-old retired pathologist spent a decade assisting terminally ill patients end their lives, using a homemade machine to administer the fatal drugs and then... More »

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prison • pain doctor • Jack Kervorkian • mercy killing • physician • assisted suicide • doctor • Oregon • painkiller • Jack Kevorkian

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