Opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) and its implications for everyday anaesthetic practice

D Heyns

Abstract


Introduction

Opioids are a class of drugs well known to the modern anaesthetist. Etymologically, the world opium originates from the ancient civilisation of Macedonia. Opi means drunken and um is the word for mind. Our modern “opioid” drugs therefore have chemical and effectual similarity to opium.


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