UI - 000138

AU - Juul A

AU - Pedersen AT

TI - [Endogenous opioids and their therapeutic use in the treatment of pain]. [Review] [Danish]

AB - Cancer patients with chronic pain and obstetric patients have participated in clinical trials of the

analgesic effects of endogenous opioids. It is possible to achieve adequate relief of pain in these patients

following epidural or intrathecal administration of endogenous opioids. Further investigations are required.

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SO - Ugeskrift for Laeger 1990;152:372-37