Long-term Benefits Of Morphine Treatment In Infants Confirmed In Rodent Study
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 10:01
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have demonstrate that administration of preemptive morphine prior to a painful procedure in infancy blocks the long-term negative consequences of pain in adult rodents. These studies have serious implications for the way anesthetics and analgesics are administered to neonates prior to surgery.