French scientists report that the venom of the deadly black mamba snake may be a better painkiller than morphine. In testing done on mice, specific properties of the snake's venom were found to be a powerful analgesic, without the unpleasant side effects that can come along with morphine...
Itching is one of the most prevalent side effects of powerful, pain-killing drugs like morphine, oxycodone and other opioids. The opiate-associated itch is so common that even women who get epidurals for labor pain often complain of itching. For many years, scientists have scratched their own...
QRxPharma Limited has announced today positive results of its Phase 2 comparative proof-of-concept study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of its IV (intravenous) formulation of morphine plus oxycodone versus IV morphine alone for the treatment of moderate to severe post-operative pain in...