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Long-Acting Opioids

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Long-acting opioids, like morphine, have a prolonged duration of action compared to fentanyl. This is not because of greater receptor affinity, but because of lesser lipid solubility and prolonged duration at receptor sites.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, CWN-L1, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Jessica S. Hellums MD

  2. Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 850 Boylston, Suite 320, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA

    Edgar L. Ross MD

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Correspondence to Jessica S. Hellums MD .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Hellums, J.S., Ross, E.L. (2017). Long-Acting Opioids. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_37

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