Pain Medication News

Health inspectors cited the state veterans home in Chester County for failure to investigate and promptly report violent incidents and a case of possible patient abuse.

Repairing torn shoulder muscles in elderly patients is often discouraged because of fears of complications. But a new study conducted at Rush University Medical Center has shown that minimally invasive, or arthroscopic, surgery can significantly improve pain and function.The study has just been published online in Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery and will appear in …

Tara Jones is a senior magazine journalism major and writes ‘Keeping Up with Myself’ for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.

Repairing torn shoulder muscles in elderly patients is often discouraged because of fears of complications. But a new study has shown that minimally invasive, or arthroscopic, surgery can significantly improve pain and function.

Archimedes Pharma Ltd., a leading international specialty pharma company, today announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for its lead product, PecFent*, an innovative fentanyl nasal spray for the treatment of breakthrough cancer pain in adults who are already receiving maintenance opioid therapy for chronic cancer pain.

Tara Jones is a senior magazine journalism major and writes ‘Keeping Up with Myself’ for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.

A Penn Hills woman suffered an allergic reaction when she received the wrong medication from her local pharmacy and ended up in the hospital.  Mary Cross was given clomipramine, a psychiatric drug, when she was supposed to get clomiphene, a fertility drug.

Skipping a routine doctor’s appointment or ignoring a nagging pain for the sake of saving some money can end up costing you more in the long run. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A Victory Mills man pleaded guilty today to selling Fentanyl patches prescribed to his father to a Washington County man. The patches ultimately wound up in the hands of 17-year-old Morgan Harrington who died as a result of ingesting the narcotic.

PENSACOLA (FBW)—Paul Trippe, a member of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, had reconciled himself to a life of excruciating pain when a prayer request in his Sunday School class led him on a quest for healing.