Women Experience More Pain and Require More Morphine Than Men to Achieve a Similar Degree of Analgesia

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M. Soledad Cepeda · Hospital Universitario San Ignacio

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The effect of sex on opioid response is not clear. To determine the effect of sex on morphine consumption and morphine analgesia, we designed a cohort study. We found that women had more intense pain and required 30% more morphine to achieve a similar degree of analgesia compared with men.

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Anesthesia and Pain Management Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pain Management and Opioid Use

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Published in: Anesthesia & Analgesia

Volume 97, Issue 5, pp. 1464-1468

DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000080153.36643.83

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Women Experience More Pain and Require More Morphine Than Men to Achieve a Similar Degree of Analgesia

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