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If endorphins bind to opioid receptors then why don't they cause nausea and vomiting like opioid painkillers such as morphine?
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Dosage: The amount of endorphins we produce are a very tiny fraction of the kind of activity you get with a dose of morphine or other opioids. This is why they produce such significant painkilling ability, as well as significant euphoria/highs.
Answered 12/2/2013
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