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Influence of mu-opioid receptor variant on morphine use and self-rated pain following abdominal hysterectomy.
The journal of pain - 1 Oct 2013
Sia Alex T, Lim Yvonne, Lim Eileen C P, Ocampo Cecilia E, Lim Wai-Yee, Cheong Philip, Tan Ene-Choo
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: A common variant in the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) has been associated with response to opioid analgesia. Our previous data revealed significantly higher amounts of morphine self-administered by patients carrying the 118G allele compared to those with the 118A allele after elective cesarean section. In this study, the association of this genetic variation with pressure pain, postoperative pain...
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