Calami, Alvise and Dowdall, Deirdre (2015) The challenge of opioid-induced hyperalgeisa. Forum, 32, (11), pp. 39-42.
Long-term exposure to opiates or synthetic opioids has been shown to sensitise subjects to painful stimuli. This is of significances in the areas of chronic pain management (as patients receiving opioid analgesia can actually become more sensitive to pain) and in managing acute and chronic pain in people on the methadone replacement programme for addiction to opiates,
B Substances > Opioids (opiates)
G Health and disease > State of health > Physical health
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Patient / client care management
T Demographic characteristics > Doctor
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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