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I recently had the pleasure of getting dinner with Gecko (SDN member), a pain doc up here near me in Seattle. Somehow we got on the topic of levorphanol over a dinner of salt and pepper pork chops, black bean ribs, and spicy chinese long green bean, french toast with spaghetti with meat sauce and sweet corn with Horlick's to drink at a local HK style cafe.
You know, what goes better with this food than a discussion of the morphinan class of opioids? I'm sure all you old timers have been in the same situation....
I've always been curious about this med since it is long acting, has NMDA antagonist activity, has ZERO street "name" hence value, does not have the cardiotoxic issues with methadone (I believe)...seems like a great drug in theory.
Have you used it at all and what are your opinions?
Levorphanol: the forgotten opioid. [Review] [21 refs]
Supportive Care in Cancer. 15(3):259-64, 2007 Mar.
You know, what goes better with this food than a discussion of the morphinan class of opioids? I'm sure all you old timers have been in the same situation....
I've always been curious about this med since it is long acting, has NMDA antagonist activity, has ZERO street "name" hence value, does not have the cardiotoxic issues with methadone (I believe)...seems like a great drug in theory.
Have you used it at all and what are your opinions?
Levorphanol: the forgotten opioid. [Review] [21 refs]
Supportive Care in Cancer. 15(3):259-64, 2007 Mar.