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Postoperative opioids, endocrine changes, and immunosuppression.

Opioids are among most effective drugs for managing acute postoperative pain. This article discusses the potential effects of perioperative opioids...

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Opioid-Induced Adrenal Insufficiency.

One in 10 Americans experience chronic pain. Although opioids do play a role in the management of pain, long-term opioid...

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Effects of morphine and ketamine anaesthesia and surgery on plasma concentrations of luteinizing hormone, testosterone and cortisol in man.

Thirty patients received morphine and 27 received ketamine. Morphine anaesthesia did not influence plasma concentrations of luteinizing hormone (LH) significantly,...

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Opioid endocrinopathy in women consuming prescribed sustained-action opioids for control of nonmalignant pain.

Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism is characteristically induced in men by intrathecal, transdermal, or sustained-action opioids. Although women receiving intrathecal opioids have similar...

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Opioid-Induced Androgen Deficiency (OPIAD): Diagnosis, Management, and Literature Review.

Opioid-induced androgen deficiency (OPIAD) was initially recognized as a possible consequence of opioid use roughly four decades ago. Long-acting opioid...

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The effect of opioid therapy on endocrine function.

Opioids are an established option in the analgesic armamentarium for managing moderate-to-severe chronic pain. Long-term opioid use, however, is associated...

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Opioid Related Endocrinopathy.

OBJECTIVE:Millions of patients continue to require opioid analgesics for control of moderate to severe chronic pain, which is a disease...

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Tissue distribution of opioid receptor gene expression in the rat.

The endogenous opioid peptides have multiple physiological actions at both a central and peripheral level which are mediated by 3...

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Increased Release of Mercury from Dental Amalgam Fillings due to Maternal Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields as a Possible Mechanism for the High Rates of Autism in the Offspring: Introducing a Hypothesis.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), factors such as growing electricity demand, ever-advancing technologies and changes in social behaviour...

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