Analgesic power potential of venom
The deadly venom of a poisonous sea snail could hold the key to developing new medicines including more effective, less addictive forms of pain relief....
Tag: painkillers
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...
Opioid addiction fuelled by painkillers
Opioid addiction, fuelled by OTC medication and prescription pain killers, has reached epidemic proportions in the US but is becoming a growing problem in the...
Treatments for headaches and migraines
Research has shown that 3,000 headaches occur every day per million people in the general population. This equates to over 190,000 headaches every day in...
The headache epidemic
Headaches are almost a universal complaint - only around three per cent of the population don't get headaches in a lifetime. But they come in many different...
The Story of Your Hangover – Paracetamol
The morning after the night before. Before you even open your eyes you can feel the familiar throbbing behind one eye that follows a night of...
