MedPage Today – Even after long-term treatment with opioids, inflammation persists in many chronic pain patients as evidenced by C-reactive protein levels and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, a California researcher reported here. Of the 40 patients taking high dose opioids, over 100-mg equivalents of morphine a day, eight individuals (20%) were found to have high levels of the inflammatory markers, said Forest Tennant, MD, director of the Veract Intractable Pain Clinic in West Covina. read article
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