When 4 year old Anne Merriman saw pictures of sick children in Africa she announced, “I’m going to Africa to care for the poorly children.” This brash, single mindedness never left her. She spent more ...

An express bus driver was arrested today for ferrying passengers to Kemaman, Terengganu, while under the influence of ...

Kentucky officials warned that kratom 'in its modern forms, especially 7-OH' can pose "new and serious risks" to consumers.

By Kanak Panigrahi I believe in opioids. This perspective doesn’t come naturally. While opioids have had a devastating impact on millions of people, I have learned to appreciate their benefits. For my ...

During the first week of trial, the family's medical expert said an illegal do not resuscitate order caused the teen’s death, ...

Despite the terrible problem of narcotic addiction, a world without morphine would have more suffering, not less. Morphine is the active ingredient in opium, used from time beyond memory to treat ...

Department of Pharmacology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, ...

Overdoses and drug poisonings are the third leading cause of death in people under age 20, per the CDC, and synthetic opioids ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the world and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. By Dae Kim, MD Treating acute pain caused by orthopedic ...

A Colona, Illinois, woman has been sentenced for stealing prescription narcotics from healthcare facilities where she worked ...

Objectives We aimed to determine whether regional analgesia with intrathecal morphine (ITM) in an enhanced recovery programme (enhanced recovery after surgery [ERAS]) gives a shorter hospital stay ...

Since late 2023, there has been a surge in “kratom” products marketed as “7-OH,” “7-Hydro,” or “legal morphine.” And 7-OH is “much more potent and there are some animal studies ...