Painkillers

Brain can regulate the body's pain levels of the body, amplifying or suppressing it

The protein kinase C-delta amplified pain, while neurons that express somatostatin suppressed the communication of pain.

Profiteering from pain? As Centre relaxes opioid laws, country's cash-fed healthcare system may be ripe for misuse

As India flirts with liberalising access to painkillers, government surveys show addiction to prescription opioids is on the rise.

Big Pharma, squeezed by US govt crackdown and mounting lawsuits, eyes India's burgeoning opioid market

American pharmaceutical companies — architects of the opioid crisis in the United States and avid hunters of new markets — stand at the ready to feed and fuel that demand.

Donald Trump's plan to combat opioid epidemic in US includes death penalty for drug traffickers, says White House official

US President Donald Trump will present, on Monday, his plan to combat an opioid abuse epidemic, which will include seeking the death penalty for drug traffickers.

Daily use of painkillers increases risk of heart attack, reveals study

Regular use of commonly prescribed painkillers can increase the risk of a heart attack as early as in the first week of use and especially within the first month of taking high doses, suggests a study.

Beware: Popping common painkillers could be killing you slowly

Consuming common painkillers may be putting you at the risk of ulcers, increased blood pressure and heart problems, warns a new study.

Watch out! Painkillers can increase risk of heart attack

High doses of two common painkillers, used by millions of Indians, taken over a long period of time may increase the risk of heart attack, Oxford researchers have warned.

Painkiller addiction becoming an epidemic in US

That makes it the second most common form of illegal drug use in the US after marijuana.

Deadly snake venom better painkiller than morphine?

French scientists have discovered that venom from one of the world's deadliest snakes, Black Mamba can be used to make a painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects.

'Painkillers kill more people than heroin, cocaine combined'

Prescription painkillers kill more people in US than heroin and cocaine combined, thanks to fatal overdosing, says a new analytical report.