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...Percocet, for pain relief. One side effect of all narcotic pain relievers is severe constipation, which can be so distressing that many patients discontinue their pain medication. To solve this problem, the late Leon Goldberg, a University of Chicago pharmacologist, developed methylnaltrexone (MNTX). In ord...Shorter course of radiotherapy effective for palliation of painful bone metastases
...uivalent proportion of patients no longer required narcotic medication. There was a higher rate of re-treatment but less acute toxicity in the group that received only one course of 8 Gy radiation compared with the 30-Gy group. "Further analysis of data from [this] trial should yield important information on...Increasing role of acetaminophen in acute liver failure in the United States
...tic-acetaminophen combinations (or to separate the narcotic from the acetaminophen) may be necessary to reduce the incidence of this increasingly recognized but preventable cause of acute liver failure in the United States," they conclude....Studies confirm effectiveness of fentanyl lozenges for 'breakthrough' cancer pain
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...other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines or narcotic (opioid-based) pain relievers during the study. "More than 20 million Americans have osteoarthritis, making it a frequent cause of physical disability among adults," said Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D., NIAMS Director. "We are excited to support studi...... acetaminophen, aspirin and even short-term use of narcotic analgesics as the first step. If further relief is needed, physicians should suggest the least selective COX-2 inhibitors first, moving progressively toward more selective COX-2 inhibitors, which are at the bottom of the list, only if needed. All dr...