Analgesia in the prehospital setting is a challenging but important priority for first responders. Retrospective military ...

Morphine-like or opioid pain killers act on our body nerves that bear opioid receptors. There are several types of opioid receptors such as the mu, kappa, and delta receptors. Different opioid drugs ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(11):1148-1152. Health care organizations around the nation have been working to reduce the use of meperidine as a first-line agent for pain management. Despite the ...

Some patients and dental practitioners favor the use of nonnarcotic analgesics or opioid alternatives for treating postoperative endodontic pain, but studies on their effectiveness for this indication ...

LAS VEGAS -- Women who received non-opioid analgesia following cesarean delivery had a lower mean pain score than women who received opioids along with other pain medicine, a researcher said here. A ...

acetaminophen-analgescics-CA0416 Which non-narcotic analgesics are best for treating musculoskeletal pain? Which non-narcotic analgesics are best for musculoskeletal pain (muscle strain, sprain, and ...

Cleveland Clinic Akron (Ohio) General Hospital surgeons created a treatment protocol that sends patients home after colorectal operations without any opioids, which led to shorter hospital stays, ...

Correspondence to Dr Alan Vernec, Department of Science and Medicine, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada; alan.vernec{at}wada-ama.org How clinicians should address the ...