University Trains All Nurses in Anti-Overdose Kits
University Trains All Nurses in Anti-Overdose Kits: All nurses at the University of Bradford will now receive training on how to use naloxone; a lifesaving...
Tag: opioids
Increase in use of opioids during pandemic
The use of opioids for pain relief in patients awaiting hip and knee replacement surgery increased dramatically during the pandemic according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. Published...
Treatment Of Pain Is A Challenge In Alzheimer’s Disease
The treatment and management of pain in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be a challenge due to problems in communication and uncommon symptoms of...
Online Drug Addiction & Misuse
You may have noticed advertising on tube platforms, on buses and generally across the UK for new online pharmacist services. Just one example of...
Shocking findings of Bishop Jones’s review
It is deeply shocking to read the conclusions of Bishop James Jones’s review, that the lives of hundreds of people were cut short by one...
The evolution of pain medication
Thousands of years after humans discovered the pain-relieving effects of resin from opium poppies, clinicians still rely on opioids, which are drugs derived from poppies...
New ways to kill pain
Thousands of years after humans discovered the pain-relieving effects of resin from opium poppies, clinicians still rely in opioids to treat severe pain, which reduce...
Treating chronic pain
There are no drugs for chronic pain that are really effective. Opioids are helpful for treating acute pain and for those suffering pain at the...
