Sentences with phrase «opioid pain relievers such»

Their postoperative use has expanded with the recent development of intravenous formulations and because NSAIDs avoid the adverse effects of opioid pain relievers such as respiratory depression, impaired motility of the gastrointestinal tract and others, according to background in the study.

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The bills agreed to by Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders include some worthy measures, such as capping prescriptions of opioid pain relievers at a seven - day supply, down from 30.

Opioids include the illegal drug heroin, as well as powerful pain relievers available by prescription, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and fentanyl.

But a study by a team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center shows that pregnant women are commonly being prescribed opioids — narcotic pain relievers such as hydrocodone — which results in an increased likelihood of NAS.

«We found that babies exposed to opioids pain relievers were more likely to be born preterm, have complicated births, low birth weight and have complications such as meconium aspiration syndrome (a sign of infant distress at birth) and respiratory distress,» said lead author Stephen Patrick, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy in the Division of Neonatology with the Monroe Carell Jr..

Neonatal abstinence syndrome has been linked to both illicit drug use as well as use of prescription opioids — narcotic pain relievers such as hydrocodone — by pregnant women.

Opioids are a class of drugs that include illegal drugs such as heroin and legal pain relievers including Oxycontin, Vicodin, codeine and morphine.

This epidemic of addiction has left millions of people dependent on illegal narcotics such as heroin, or to prescription opioid pain relievers like oxycodone (brand name: OxyContin), codeine, and morphine.