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Novel associations between FAAH genetic variants and postoperative central opioid-related adverse effects.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Oct 2015
Sadhasivam S, Zhang X, Chidambaran V, Mavi J, Pilipenko V, Mersha T B, Meller J, Kaufman K M, Martin L J, McAuliffe J
Abstract excerpt
Opioid effects are potentiated by cannabinoid agonists including anandamide, an endocannabinoid. Inter-individual variability in responses to opioids is a major clinical problem. Multiple deaths and anoxic brain injuries occur every year because of opioid-induced respiratory depression (RD) in surgical patients and drug abusers of opioids and cannabinoids. This study aimed to determine specific associations...
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