A study from the University of
Colorado found a breakthrough which may likely to danger opioids. According to the
study, short term painkiller, opioids like morphine can double the amount of
chronic pain.
Opioid abuse was labeled as an
epidemic in US by the White House in February, before researchers learned about
the “cascade of reactions” triggered by painkiller use.
Researchers found that the more the
usage of morphine, the more it intensifies pain signals traveling from the
damaged area to the spinal chord, prompting nerve cells to go into overdrive,
which led to rapid and longer duration of pain.
“Implications for people taking
opioids like morphine, oxycodone and methadone are great; since we show the
short-term decision to take such opioids can have devastating consequences of
making pain worse and longer lasting,” Linda Watkins, a professor at University
of Colorado Boulder and a co-author of the study, told the Denver Post.
Source: RT Medical Jane
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