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# painkillers

Last month
May 2023
# Codeine
Waiting lists and shortage of pain specialists blamed for dependency on codeine painkillers
Over 1.1 million prescriptions for codeine-based products were issued last year.
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May 3rd 2023, 6:11 PM
Last year
2022
# Research
Taking painkillers in pregnancy 'more likely to lead to complications'
University of Aberdeen researchers looked at more than 151,000 pregnancies over a 30-year period.
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May 13th 2022, 10:53 AM
All time
# painkillers
The US is suing Walmart over the opioid crisis
The opioid crisis has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the US since 1999.
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Dec 22nd 2020, 9:10 PM
# painkillers
'Any time there is medication involved everyone needs to be very, very cautious'
Leinster coach Leo Cullen underlined the quality of the province’s medical team.
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Dec 7th 2018, 8:00 AM
# heineken rugby weekly
How common is the use of painkillers in modern rugby?
Brian O’Driscoll spoke frankly about the use of pills last night.
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Dec 6th 2018, 8:00 PM
# Pain Game
'A difene and a couple of co-codamol': O'Driscoll opens up on painkiller use in rugby
‘It almost became like habit where it gave me a fighting chance if I wasn’t feeling 100%.’
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Dec 6th 2018, 9:24 AM
# Fertility
Ibuprofen during pregnancy could harm fertility of unborn baby girls - study
One in three women are estimated to use ibuprofen in the first three months of pregnancy.
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Feb 2nd 2018, 7:46 AM
# opioids
Singer Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose, medical examiner says
The 66-year-old passed away on 3 October 2017.
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Jan 20th 2018, 7:45 AM
# painkillers
British woman sentenced to three years for smuggling 290 Tramadol tablets into Egypt
Laura Plummer says she was bringing painkillers for her boyfriend.
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Dec 26th 2017, 1:50 PM
# painkillers
Two million people are addicted to opioid drugs in US, with 90 dying every day
Many people buy pills illegally when their prescriptions run out.
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Aug 13th 2017, 7:30 AM
# Highly Effective
New painkiller is as powerful as morphine - but without the dangerous side-effects
The synthetic drug, PZM21, also does not produce addiction.
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Aug 21st 2016, 10:00 AM
# Dementia
Simple painkillers 'can help dementia patients'
Research claims that drugs like paracetamol reduces agitation in patients – and could be substitute for antipsychotic meds.
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Jul 18th 2011, 9:08 AM
# Health
Study finds that the brain can block the effect of painkillers
Researchers discover that the opposite of the placebo effect also exists – if we believe a drug isn’t working on our bodies, then it probably won’t.
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Feb 17th 2011, 11:54 AM