People taking prescription opioids to treat moderate to severe pain may be able to breathe a little easier, literally. A study has found that a new therapeutic drug, GAL-021, may reverse or prevent respiratory depression, or inadequate breathing, in patients taking opioid medication without compromising pain relief or increasing sedation. Share:
Roy Kinnear. Rory Kinnear. Despite sharing a last name, American actor Greg Kinnear (Sabrina, As Good as It Gets, You've Got Mail, Little Miss Sunshine) is NOT related to British actor Roy Kinnear (Mr. Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) or his son, actor Rory Kinnear (who played right-hand man to Judi Dench's M in Quantum of Solace).
Ralph McPherran Kiner was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, on October 27, 1922. His mother, Beatrice Grayson, came from Oregon and had served as a nurse in France during World War I. His father, Ralph Macklin Kiner, was a baker. He died when Ralph was 4. The widowed Mrs. Kiner took a job in Alhambra, California, near Los Angeles.