Opioid tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal

Dr. Ming Kao
Sep 4, 2018 · 1 min read

While each patient is on opioids for a different reason, every person on opioids is equally subject to its powerful effects.

The most dangerous features of opioids are tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal, which are different from addiction.

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Dr. Ming Kao

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Pain physician & PhD computational biologist @StanfordPain • Advanced pain interventions with CIPS & FIPP • Opinions mine & not medical advice

Within Normal Limits of Reason

Pain Clinic Chief Stanford Pain, Harvard PhD in computational biology & statistics

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