Pharmacologically speaking, naloxone is an
opiate "antagonist." It is delivered as an intramuscular shot, intravenous injection, or nasal spray.
Towers, who is currently working with the state health department on developing a plan for such an approach to the problems of
opiate addiction in pregnancy.
The acquisition is intended to allow Sun Pharma to expand its narcotics raw material market share; improve
opiate alkaloids portfolio and depth in global
opiates market; and strengthen its presence in the worldwide
opiates business.
Three quarters of the regular
opiate users Interviewed in this survey, supported a strong desire for treatment, but cited either a lack of access or an Inability to afford treatment
Suboxone contains a partial
opiate agonist, which attaches to the
opiate receptors in the brain, minimizing cravings without causing a high.
Most prescribers (60% of primary care physicians and 65% of pain management specialists) say they are only "somewhat" prepared to identify
opiate misusers.
Glaxo supplies a quarter of the world's medicinal
opiate needs.
has put together a team of officials from the public and private sectors to try to come up with effective approaches to the
opiate addiction epidemic that he said claimed 81 lives last year in Worcester County.
MORE than 20 inmates failed random
opiate tests in North East jails, figures have revealed.
NEW YORK -- Patients with ankylosing spondylitis who used
opiate analgesics were five times more likely to report depression than were those who did not, in a retrospective case-control study of 611 patients.
This summer, the Lane County Adult Drug Court will become the first drug court in Oregon to provide Vivitrol - a drug injected just once a month that can help
opiate addicts overcome drug dependence.
(10,11) The conversion of codeine into its active
opiate morphine is dependent on the activity of cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6).