Opioid antagonists and their therapeutic role in anaesthesia and chronic pain management

Abstract

Introduction

“I should not like to be a doctor without Morphine at my disposal”, said by an unknown nineteenth century German physician, certainly holds as true today as when it was said. One of our primary aims as anaesthetists is to relieve the pain and suffering of our patients, and to do this effectively without the aid of opioids is unthinkable.