Paravertebral blocks reduced postoperative opioid use and early pain scores in young children who underwent thoracotomy.

Minimizing opioid exposure during and after colorectal surgery can decrease long-term opioid use in some patients, according ...

1880s opium trail infected city-folk and pioneers alike, across states and the Dakota Territory From Deadwood, South Dakota, to Bottineau, North Dakota, and east to Duluth and St. Paul, opium ...

The longevity of the Taliban’s opium ban hinges on a multifaceted approach.

Why are Afghan opium prices soaring? Explained In 2024, opium prices reached ₹ 65,486 per kilogram, a tenfold growth from ₹ 6,535 per kilogram in 2022 when the Taliban government banned poppy ...

Doctors in ancient Greece pioneered anesthesia with natural remedies like mandrake, opium and henbane to ease pain during surgeries.

While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, beginning with the First Opium War.

Surgery in earlier times was brutal – both for the doctor as well as patients. Riddled with intense pain, agony, and horrifying trauma that patients underwent, many doctors avoided conducting ...

As climate change imperils Taliban’s shift from opium, impact could be felt worldwide Taliban police officers destroy a poppy field last month in Afghanistan's Parwan province.

Amitav Ghosh’s Reckoning With Opium His new book, Smoke and Ashes, traces the ravages of British opium on India from the eighteenth century to the present.

Ketamine is different from opioids, although they do share some similarities. Ketamine is approved for use as an anesthetic agent and for treating depression in adults but may have some potential for ...