Tratamiento con morfina: qué es, indicaciones y efectos secundarios

This phenomenon, widely observed and verified by animal studies, has come to be called opioid-induced hyperalgesia. Algesia, from the Greek word algesis, means sensitivity to pain. What’s more, when these patients tapered off opioids, many of them experienced improvements in pain.

Technology has allowed us to push the limits of human pain.

“In the end, it came down to comfort. It was easier to take a pill than feel the pain.”