Morphine and Other Opiate Painkillers Are Effective in Blocking the Sharp

question 460

True/False

Morphine and other opiate painkillers are effective in blocking the sharp pain transmitted by the fast pain system but not the chronic pain transmitted by the slow pain system.

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