Postoperative Pain and Analgesia: Is There a Genetic Basis to the Opioid Crisis?

CONCLUSION: Although pain perception has multiple complex influences, the greatest variability seen in response to opioids among postoperative patients known to date can be traced to genetic differences in opioid metabolism. Further study is needed to determine the clinical significance of these genetic associations. PMID: 29791710 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Surgical Technology International - Category: Surgery Tags: Surg Technol Int Source Type: research