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  • 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

  • September 2007

    • Painkiller Is Denied to Poor

      New York Times  |  Sep 10, 07 10:08 AM CDT

      Painkiller Is Denied to Poor

      (Newser) - Though morphine is cheap, effective, and widely available, most people sufferering extreme pain don't  get it, the New York Times reports. The poorest 80% of the world’s population consumes only 6% of the pain-killer . Why? Because health care workers in poor countries are afraid to prescribe morphine, or not allowed to. "Opiod phobia" is what one hospice chief in Sierra Leone calls it. More »

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      health  • drugs  • Africa  • health care  • poverty  • drug abuse  • morphine

  • August 2007

    • Moms Warned of Codeine Risk in Breast Milk

      Washington Post  |  Aug 18, 07 8:46 AM CDT

      Moms Warned of Codeine Risk in Breast Milk

      (Newser) - The Federal Food and Drug Administration has warned nursing mothers using codeine to be on the lookout for any signs of unusual drowsiness in their babies. A significant number of women have a gene that can concentrate high levels of the painkiller in their breast milk. Last year, a Canadian newborn died of a morphine overdose traced to a mother with the gene. More »

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      baby  • mothers  • infant  • breast feeding  • nursing  • morphine  • breast milk

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