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How come most medical opioids work on the mu receptor? do other opioid receptors not dull pain?
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Mu agonists: Mu agonists are the mainstay of analgesia for acute pain, cancer pain, and chronic nonmalignant pain. While the nonopioids and adjuvant analgesics have a ceiling effect on analgesia, the mu opioids do not. Morphine, the prototype of opioid analgesics, is a full "pure" agonist of the mu receptor. Hope it helps.
Answered 9/29/2016
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