TARRYTOWN, N.Y., May 20, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PGNX) today provided analyses of safety and efficacy endpoints from the 1,034-patient, one-year phase 3 safety ...

BALTIMORE, Md.—Patients with chronic nonmalignant pain who receive methylnaltrexone for opioid-induced constipation have improved bowel movement frequency and quality, investigators reported during ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “What hasn’t been known, until now, is how patients with cancer-related pain vs. noncancer-related pain in the ...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PGNX) today announced the initiation of an international 700-patient, phase 3 trial of oral methylnaltrexone in patients with ...

Progenics and Wyeth Announce Positive Results from Three-Month Clinical-Extension Study of Subcutaneous Methylnaltrexone for the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation in Patients with Advanced ...

Man Stomach Pain Previously, it had only been available as a subcutaneous injection. Relistor (methylnaltrexone bromide; Valeant and Progenics) Tablets are now available for the treatment of ...

Methylnaltrexone bromide (Relistor) is FDA-approved to help restore bowel function in patients with opioid-induced constipation in late-stage, advanced illness (FDA Press Release. April 24, 2008). A ...

Marketing Approval Expands Treatment to Include Nearly 11 Million Patients Who Experience Opioid-Induced Constipation While Taking Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain RALEIGH, N.C. & TARRYTOWN, N.Y.-- ...

Relistor is a drug that people use to treat constipation that opioid medications can cause. Relistor is effective because it does so without reducing the pain-relieving effects of the opioid drugs.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A single dose of Relistor injection produced rescue-free laxation in severely ill patients with opioid-induced ...

About 9-12 million Americans suffer from chronic pain annually, and most are prescribed opioid medications to treat and control their symptoms 1. While opioids can help relieve and manage chronic pain ...