Replacing long-acting with immediate-release opioids after total knee replacement surgery resulted in comparable pain management but less nausea-medication usage and less need for residential ...

It's well known that long-acting opioid meds raise the odds for addiction in users -- including folks dealing with pain after an orthopedic surgery. Now, new research suggests that patients fare just ...

Elderly patients given a short-acting opioid analgesic for treatment of arthritis pain are twice as likely to experience a fracture in the next year, compared to elderly patients given a long-acting ...

HealthDay News — Opioid use may significantly increase mortality risk, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Wayne Ray, PhD, from the department of health ...

Adding serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) to short-acting opioids for nonmalignant pain in nursing home residents doesn’t seem to boost their risk for delirium compared with ...

AUSTIN, TX—In a study presented at the American Pain Society’s 30th Annual Scientific Meeting, fentanyl buccal tablet (FBT) was shown to be more effective than traditional short-acting opioids (SAO) ...

(Bloomberg) -- More than one in five people prescribed extended-release painkillers such as OxyContin developed an addiction within a year, according to a newly released study mandated by the US Food ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will restrict initial prescriptions of short-acting opioids to five days, and limit subsequent prescriptions and refills to a 30-day supply. Beginning Feb. 1, BCBSM ...

Unimaginable pain and restlessness. Vomiting so frequent and forceful that it can perforate the esophagus. Blood pressure and heart rate so high that they damage the heart. Sweating that drenches ...

Lower back pain is a familiar complaint in doctors' offices around the country. Physicians sometimes prescribe opioids for short-term pain relief, but new research questions whether that is actually ...