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Blake: Finding a middle ground for pain medications

Blake: Finding a middle ground for pain medications

Jul 14, 2014 | Pain Management

In order to understand this dilemma, we must understand some history behind the use of opioids. For centuries, pain was treated with various tinctures of opium. Morphine was developed in 1803 and, when the hypodermic needle was invented, it became widely used to treat...