Impact of Opioids on Chronic Pain

[摘要] Opioids, sometimes known as narcotics, are medications that doctors recommend to relieve severe or chronic pain. They are frequently usedby people with chronic headaches and backaches, by patients recovering from surgery or dealing with severe pain related to cancer, bypatients experiencing severe pain, by adults and children who have been seriously injured in falls, car accidents, or other incidents, as well asfor managing chronic pain, cough and diarrhoea suppressants, anaesthetic agents, and opioid de-addiction therapy.

[学科分类] 药理学