Morphine

...of the 12,000 fresh cancer patients every year reach the terminal stage which is when they require morphine. "We can stock a maximum of 10,000 morphine tablets in a month with which we can provide treatment to only 50-100 patients. The...

In this article: Cancer, Kolkata, World Health Organisation, and West Bengal

...detention after earlier being convicted of aggravated robbery. The court was told Palmer waited outside in a vehicle while her son, a morphine addict, carried out the knifepoint robbery at Woburn Pharmacy in the Lower Hutt suburb of Waiwhetu...

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...Date: 23 Nov 2009 - 11:00 PST New research from the US adds weight to the growing body of evidence that opiate-based painkillers like morphine, which has been used to treat postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two hundred years,...

In this article: Opiate, Cancer, Methylnaltrexone, Surgery, Lung cancer, University of Chicago, Painkillers, and Medical advice

Last updated at 12:24 PM on 23rd November 2009 Morphine used to relieve the pain of cancer may actually cause the disease to spread, scientists claimed today. Laboratory tests suggest the opium-based drug promotes the growth of new blood...

In this article: Cancer, Opiate, Methylnaltrexone, Oxygen, Surgery, Opium, Constipation, and Cancer Research UK

Washington, Nov 23 : A new study has revealed that common pain relief medication such as morphine can actually encourage the growth and spread of cancer cells. Opiate-based painkillers have been shown to stimulate cancer growth. Two new...

In this article: Cancer, Opiate, Methylnaltrexone, American Association for Cancer Research, Lung cancer, and University of Chicago

Morphine is routinely used to relieve pain during and after cancer surgery Laboratory tests suggest morphine could in fact encourage the spread of cancer, for which it is routinely prescribed to relieve pain from surgery and tumours. US...

In this article: Cancer, Opiate, Surgery, Methylnaltrexone, Cancer Research UK, American Association for Cancer Research, Oxygen, and Constipation

LANCASTER - An employee of the Garrard County Emergency Medical Service is accused of stealing morphine that belonged to the ambulance agency. Thomas Shelton, 37, of Lancaster pleaded not guilty Wednesday during an arraignment in Garrard...

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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies add to growing evidence that morphine and other opiate-based painkillers may promote the growth and spread of cancer cells. The papers, scheduled to be presented Wednesday at an...

In this article: Cancer, Opiate, Lung cancer, Surgery, Constipation, Methylnaltrexone, University of Chicago, and University of Chicago Medical Center

Morphine could be worsening the condition of thousands of cancer patients who routinely receive the painkilling drug, new research suggests. Scientists have found evidence that the opiate may fuel the growth and spread of cancer cells.

In this article: Cancer, Constipation, Opiate, Methylnaltrexone, and University of Chicago

...block this effect * Studies in mice, cells show drug inhibits cancer spread By Julie Steenhuysen Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its...

In this article: Cancer, Methylnaltrexone, Opiate, Lung cancer, Wyeth, Constipation, and Pfizer Inc