Natural painkillers

Poisoning in children 2: painkillers.

Proposed FDA rules on painkillers in U.S. Rile cancer community.

Undertreatment of cancer pain remains a substantial problem, according to a new survey conducted by the American Cancer Society. Published in May, the survey found that 65% of interviewees had moderate or severe pain. Now, an initiative from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could make it even more diffi cult for cancer patients to get adequate pain relief by limiting access to opioids, acc...

Prescription painkillers and controlled substances: an appraisal of drug information provided by six US pharmacies

BACKGROUND Health literacy impacts health outcomes. Health literacy is a measure of a person's competence to find, access, contextualize, and understand the information needed to make health decisions. Low levels of health literacy have been associated with poor health status. Health literacy can be enhanced by improving the readability of health literature. Misuse and abuse of prescription med...

The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and use of painkillers among adolescent male ice hockey players in Finland

Participating in competitive sport increases the risk for injuries and musculoskeletal pain among adolescent athletes. There is also evidence that the use of prescription drugs has increased among sport club athletes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of painkillers among young male ice hockey players (IHP) in comparison to schoolboys (controls) and its relation to the prevalenc...

Unlikely way to cut hospital costs: comfort the dying. Palliative-care unit offers painkillers and support; fewer tests, treatments.

Palliative care focuses on comfort, not cure. It tries to relieve a patient's physical and psychological distress, instead of preserving life at any cost. Though palliative care is standard practice in some countries, especially in Britain, it has been slow to catch on in the U.S., where many doctors prefer to use the latest technology or drug to prolong a patient's life, if only for a few mont...