Pain Medication News

Hospital failed to protect patients, report says, noting mistakes led three to overdose. Nurses at St. Luke's Hospital three times in 2010 and 2011 improperly programmed patient-controlled pumps to deliver pain medication, causing patients to overdose themselves, a state Department of Health report says.

A Key West woman was arrested Thursday, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Aug. 30 death of her brother. Colleen O'Malley, 56, is accused of giving Raymond Moffitan, 64, two patches of Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opiate that is often used to relieve pain. They ended up killing him; a grand jury indicted O'Malley last week.

Ohio may have not one, but two, medical marijuana issues on the 2012 ballot, according to the Columbus Dispatch. If either state constitutional amendment passes, Ohio will become the 16th state to permit medical marijuana usage as an alternative pain medication.

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A Key West woman was arrested Thursday, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Aug. 30 death of her brother. Colleen O'Malley, 56, is accused of giving Raymond Moffitan, 64, two patches of Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opiate that is often used to relieve pain. They ended up killing him; a grand jury indicted O'Malley last week.

A West Hempfield Township woman has been charged with giving a narcotic to a teenage acquaintance who then died after taking the drug, police said. Investigators say Michelle L. Bachman, 44, provided the pain drug Fentanyl to 18-year-old Christina Albright prior to Albright's death in June. Police a…

Slight temperature increases of the oral mucus membranes early in a head and neck cancer patient's chemotherapy and radiation therapy (chemoradiotherapy) treatment is a predictor of severe mucositis later in treatment, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM.

Utah family blames makers of painkiller patch for death of loved one By Roxana ORellana The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 25, 2012 03:04PM MDT The family of a Cache County woman claims a defective painkiller patch was the cause of her death, and they are suing the makers and distributors of the product. Janine Ward, who had been prescribed a 50mcg/hr fentanyl patch for pain, died May 4, 2010 …

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Millennium Research Institute (MRI), a national nonprofit research center, announced today its planned educational initiatives for 2012. Through a series of programs …

San Jacinto College will host music concerts and a master class during February that will feature students, faculty, and other musicians. All events are free and open to the public, and will be staged