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Thursday, May 8, 2014

High-dose opioids could crack chronic pain

High-dose opiates could crack chronic pain: Nature News & Comment
http://bit.ly/1iWsaaL


Note: The author of this article titled it incorrectly, opiates only refers to natural opioids, like morphine and codeine. Opioid refers to:*natural opiates: morphine & codeine
*semi-synthetic opioids: hydrocodone, oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydromorphone, and diacetylmorphine/diamorphine/Heroin (although it is not legal in the USA, it is a commonly used opiate in the UK & other countries)
*synthetic opioids: fentanyl, sufentanil, meperidine/pethidine/Demerol