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Rich66 · 11-19-2009, 12:08 AM

Hmmm.
Oxycodone, commonly prescribed to cancer patients is an opioid. Could it be a "bad opioid"? Is it all about the mu receptor?

A similar but apparently different "low dose naltrexone" thread here:
http://her2support.org/vbulletin/sho...ght=Naltrexone

11-19-2009, 12:08 AM	#2
Rich66 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South East Wisconsin Posts: 3,431	Re: Surgeons/anaesthesiologists should avoidgiving opiates (morphine) to cancer patie Hmmm. Oxycodone, commonly prescribed to cancer patients is an opioid. Could it be a "bad opioid"? Is it all about the mu receptor? A similar but apparently different "low dose naltrexone" thread here: http://her2support.org/vbulletin/sho...ght=Naltrexone __________________ Mom's treatment history (link)