This site uses Google Analytics to track site traffic and other metrics. If you would like to allow the use of Google Analytics please click Opt In below. This will associate a cookie with your browser.
BACKGROUND: Morphine-6-glucuronide (M-6-G) and morphine-3-glucuronide (M-3-G) are the two most important metabolites of morphine. Both are pharmacologically active, however, with different effects. M-6-G has been demonstrated capable of inducing…
Hyperalgesia and allodynia in 4 cancer patients treated with morphine disappeared after discontinuing or substituting morphine with other opioid agonists. The first case describes a young female who developed hyperalgesia and myoclonus during…
