Sentences with phrase «painkiller than morphine»

In a recent paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, King detailed how, in mouse models, a peptide from the venom of the Chinese red - headed centipede acted as a more potent painkiller than morphine — without side effects.

Not exact matches

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than morphine, is traditionally used as a painkiller for extreme cases like end - of - life cancer patients.

And the more serious painkillers, known as opioids (codeine, morphine) often prescribed postsurgery or for short - term relief of extreme pain, cause many more side effects such as nausea, constipation, depression, and itching in women than men.

If you're on medications like steroids, dopamine, or opioid painkillers (like morphine), you could also get a lower - than - normal reading.