We offer our patients an out - patient environment conducive to recovery from the disease of addiction, specifically to
the opioid class of drugs.
Not exact matches
From 2003 through 2007, Simmons, Hanly & Conroy represented 5,000 individual plaintiffs in a
class - action lawsuit against Purdue Pharma regarding the use
of opioid drugs, according to the county.
Opioids are a
class of drugs that include illegal
drugs such as heroin and legal pain relievers including Oxycontin, Vicodin, codeine and morphine.
Scientists are chasing a new lead on a
class of drugs that may one day fight both pain and
opioid addiction.
Dr. Carlezon and his group were the first to report that a
class of drugs called kappa -
opioid receptor (KOR) antagonists has antidepressant, anti-anxiety, and anti-stress effects in their behavioral tests.
Surprisingly, the risk
of heart attack associated with
opioids was even higher than that seen with Vioxx and other COX - 2 inhibitors, a
class of drugs that has been plagued by concerns about heart problems, including heart attack.