Terms: painkiller
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• Social Studies > Current Events Archives > Health > 2007
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1. -08-17-07 FDA Warns Nursing Moms on Painkiller Use (MSNBC News)
   "Nursing mothers who take codeine should watch their infants for increased sleepiness or other signs of overdose, federal health officials warned Friday." 08-07

2. -08-19-05 Vioxx Maker Found Guilty (BBC News)
   "US drugs giant Merck is to blame for the fatal heart attack suffered by a man taking its painkiller Vioxx, a Texas jury has ruled."
   
   "It has been estimated that Vioxx could have caused 27,785 heart attacks or deaths since it was approved for use in 1999."
   
   "More than 3,800 lawsuits have been filed against the firm over the drug." 8-05

3. Pain Sensitivity Measured (Scientific American)
   "By monitoring healthy humans experiencing sustained pain, scientists at the University of Michigan got to watch the brain's painkiller system in action and determined that not all brains handle pain equally well."
   
   "They controlled the experimental conditions so that the subjects experienced similar levels of pain, but found that individuals showed different patterns of mu-opioid activity. There were differences in both the amount of chemicals released and the timing of the release. As it turned out, subjects who experienced the largest change in the mu-opioid system between the placebo injection and the painful one tended to report the least pain." 6-03