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AcidBase Regulation and Disorders

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Pain pill abuse: Research sheds light on potential habit-forming properties of tramadol

A study by a team of University of Kentucky researchers has shed new light on the potential habit-forming properties of the popular pain medication tramadol.

Study sheds new light on potential habit-forming properties of tramadol

A study by a team of University of Kentucky researchers has shed new light on the potential habit-forming properties of the popular pain medication tramadol, in research funded by the National Institu...

FDA Warns About Using Codeine After Tonsillectomy

Medicines that contain codeine should not be used for pain relief in kids after a tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy (surgery removing the tonsils or adenoids), because there is a chance of serious side e...

Codeine After Tonsillectomy Dangerous, FDA Warns

Medicines that contain codeine should not be used for pain relief in kids after a tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy (surgery removing the tonsils or adenoids), because there is a chance of serious side e...

FDA: No Codeine After Tonsillectomy for Children

Physicians should not use codeine to treat pain in children after tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy, warns the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (http://tinyurl.com/aauoq4j). To make sure physicians...

Three Kids Dead From Codeine After Surgery: FDA

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Following the deaths of three children and the near death of a fourth, U.S. health officials are warning about the risks of giving the pain reliever codeine to c...

Post-Surgery Codeine Puts Kids at Risk

Some children are at risk of serious side effects and death after taking codeine amounts within the typical dose range because of the way their bodies process the medication. Problems were reported in...

Is Post-Surgery Codeine a Risk for Kids?

Some children are at risk of serious side effects and death after taking codeine amounts within the typical dose range because of the way their bodies process the medication. Problems were reported in...

Serious morbidity associated with misuse of over-the-counter codeine-ibuprofen analgesics: a series of 27 cases.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate morbidity related to misuse of over-the-counter (OTC) codeine-ibuprofen analgesics. DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective case series collected from Victorian hospital-based addict...

Does action planning moderate the intention-habit interaction in the exercise domain? A three-way interaction analysis investigation.

Both habit strength and action planning have been found to moderate the intention-exercise behaviour relationship, but no research exists that has investigated how habit strength and action planning s...

Quantitative analysis of mitragynine, codeine, caffeine, chlorpheniramine and phenylephrine in a kratom (Mitragyna speciosa Korth.) cocktail using high-performance liquid chromatography.

A simple HPLC technique for determining mitragynine, codeine, caffeine, chlorpheniramine and phenylephrine in 'kratom cocktail' was developed. The analytical method for mitragynine, codeine and caffei...

Morphine to codeine concentration ratio in blood and urine as a marker of illicit heroin use in forensic autopsy samples.

A morphine to codeine ratio greater than unity (M/C>1) has been suggested as an indicator of heroin use in living individuals. The aim of this study was to examine the morphine to codeine ratio in a l...

Repeated exposure to codeine alters morphine glucuronidation by affecting UGT gene expression in the rat.

We have previously found that phenantrenic opioids, such as heroin or naltrexone, modulate morphine glucuronidation in the rat. Here we further investigated the effects of phenantrenic opioids on morp...