NEWS HIGHLIGHTSMedia Articles Related to Morphine
Erectile Dysfunction Tied To Long Term Painkiller Use
Source: Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation News From Medical News Today [2013.05.16]
A new study suggests that long term use of opioid prescription painkillers for back pain is tied to a higher risk of erectile dysfunction (ED). The findings are published in the 15 May online issue of the journal Spine. Lead author Richard A...
Painkillers Increase Risk of Erectile Dysfunction
Source: Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation News From Medical News Today [2013.05.15]
Regularly taking prescription painkillers, commonly called opioids, is linked to a greater risk of erectile dysfunction (ED) in men, according to a new study published in Spine. Over 11,000 men suffering from back pain were involved in the research...
Retooling Pain Assessment for Older Adults
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines [2013.05.14]
Current pain assessment tools for older adults are inadequate, and education for healthcare professionals falls short in meeting the unique challenges posed by pain management for elderly patients.
Medscape Medical News
Tanezumab Makes Good in Chronic Back Pain (CME/CE)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology [2013.05.14]
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- The controversial agent tanezumab, which was once put on an FDA regulatory hold, offered durable reduction of chronic low back pain, a long-term safety and efficacy study showed.
Persistent Pain After Sexual Assault Often Untreated
Source: Medscape Nurses Headlines [2013.05.13]
Although pain is common after sexual assault, more than 50% of women don't seek appropriate medical care 6 weeks after presenting to the ED.
Medscape Medical News
Published Studies Related to Morphine
Periarticular infiltration of 0.25% bupivacaine on top of femoral nerve block and
intrathecal morphine improves quality of pain control after total knee
arthroplasty: a randomized double-blind placebo controlled clinical trial. [2012]
CONCLUSION: Adding periarticular infiltration to femoral block and intrathecal
Analgesic tolerance without demonstrable opioid-induced hyperalgesia: a
double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of sustained-release
morphine for treatment of chronic nonradicular low-back pain. [2012]
Although often successful in acute settings, long-term use of opioid pain
medications may be accompanied by waning levels of analgesic response not readily
attributable to advancing underlying disease, necessitating dose escalation to
attain pain relief... Improvements in pain and functional ability were observed.
Tolerability and efficacy of two synergistic ratios of oral morphine and
oxycodone combinations versus morphine in patients with chronic noncancer pain. [2012]
SETTING: Clinical study centers in Australia... CONCLUSION: A 3:2 or 1:2 fixed ratio combination of morphine and oxycodone (MOX)
Long-acting morphine following hip or knee replacement: a randomized,
double-blind and placebo-controlled trial. [2012]
routine postoperative regimen for total hip or knee replacement surgery... CONCLUSIONS: Thirty milligrams twice per day of long-acting morphine from days 1
The effect of intravenous morphine on the level of spinal anesthesia with
lidocaine. [2012]
CONCLUSION: Although some studies had proved the efficacy of systemic use of
Clinical Trials Related to Morphine
Efficacy and Safety of Intranasal Morphine for Pain After Third Molar Extraction [Completed]
This study involves approximately 200 patients designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety
of intranasal (IN) morphine 7. 5 mg and 15 mg, intravenous morphine (IV) 7. 5 mg, immediate
release oral (PO) morphine 60 mg or placebo in patients with acute postsurgical pain
following third molar extraction.
Intrathecal Morphine in Knee Arthroplasty [Completed]
This study is designed to explore the efficacy lower doses of intra-spinal morphine for pain
relief and side effect profiles of same in the setting of Total Knee Replacement. We
hypothesized that a dose greater than that used in Total Hip Replacement was needed and
wished to find a dose which was effective but had a low side effect profile.
Efficacy and Safety of Intranasal Morphine for Pain After Bunion Surgery [Completed]
Study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Intranasal (IN) Morphine Nasal Spray
(MNS075) 3. 75 mg, 7. 5 mg, 15 mg, and 30 mg, intravenous (IV) morphine 7. 5 mg, or IN placebo
in patients with moderate to severe post-surgical pain following orthopedic surgery. After
initial dosing, up to six (6) doses of IN MNS075 7. 5 mg or 15 mg for up to twenty-four (24)
hours will be evaluated. The rescue dose remained the same for each.
INFUSE Morphine Study [Completed]
Double-blind study comparing the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of morphine
administered subcutaneously (SC) with and without human recombinant hyaluronidase (HYLENEX)
and intravenously conducted in patients in a hospice care setting or through a palliative
care medicine setting. In this within-patient controlled study, each eligible study patient
receives a single injection by each of the three methods of morphine administration,
sequentially on three consecutive days, according to the order specified by a randomization
schedule.
Each of the three injections consists of 5 mg of morphine (1. 0 mL of 5 mg/mL solution). The
HYLENEX injection will be 1 mL of 150 units. Although the IV administration will not be
blinded, the two SC injections will be double-blinded, using the same volume of normal saline
(0. 9% sodium chloride) placebo (1. 0 mL) as HYLENEX.
Problems With Morphine Use in Patients With a Severe Brain Injury [Active, not recruiting]
Hypothesis: During severe brain trauma (injury, surgery) the ensuing inflammatory response in
the central nervous system (CNS) results in a decrease in the expression of the transporter
protein p-glycoprotein (PGP) in the blood brain barrier. This loss results in the
penetration into the brain of certain drugs that are normally excluded by the transporter
protein. In this study the working hypothesis is that the agitation observed in patients
with CNS trauma treated with morphine is related to the inflammation evoked loss of PGP in
the blood brain barrier and the accumulation of the morphine metabolite 3-morphine
glucuronide.
Reports of Suspected Morphine Side Effects
Completed Suicide (135),
Toxicity TO Various Agents (118),
Death (83),
Cardio-Respiratory Arrest (83),
Cardiac Arrest (78),
Respiratory Arrest (77),
Drug Abuse (68),
Drug Ineffective (41),
Vomiting (41),
Somnolence (38), more >>
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