scorecardresearch
Sunday, September 7, 2025
TopicPainkillers

Topic: Painkillers

Use nimesulide only after exhausting first-line options—expert panel under drug regulator CDSCO

Last year, an ICMR panel even considered recommending all-India ban on popular painkiller amid concerns it could cause liver damage, which could turn life-threatening in some cases.

Latest safety alert on painkiller nimesulide brings focus back on potentially dangerous side effect

Drug standards body warns that nimesulide, a commonly used painkiller and anti-fever medicine, can cause skin rashes. However, evidence has also emerged that it can cause liver damage.

Govt body issues safety alert for common period painkiller — what you need to know

Mefenamic acid, sold under various brand names such as Meftal, Mefanorm, and Mefkind, can cause DRESS Syndrome, a rare but serious condition that can damage the liver, heart, and lungs. 

Cryoneurolysis — a new way to relieve intractable pain

The cryoneurolysis is a non-surgical interventional pain management technique that is used when medicines have failed to give adequate pain relief and where surgery cannot be done.

How do painkillers work? Ibuprofen to fentanyl—it’s about meeting the pain where it’s at

Science’s understanding of how the body senses damage and perceives it as pain has progressed over the years. New studies show there are multiple pathways to it.

Taking opioids for chronic pain: The truth no one’s telling you

Current evidence indicates that widespread, long-term opioid prescribing for chronic pain is likely to cause more harm than benefit in society.

Why sale of Naloxone, a life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdose, is falling in India

Use of Naloxone in India has dropped by nearly half since 2014 — from 30,000 units to 15,700 units in 2018-2019.

On Camera

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?