Are you an ME/CFS sufferer? And, could you possibly be resistant to morphine?
If your answer to both these questions is “yes”, then Dr Charles Shepherd, Medical Adviser to the ME Association would like to hear from you!
(…) “Information on possible morphine resistance in ME/CFS required.”
(…) “Dr Shepherd says, ‘I have recently been discussing the cases of a small number of people with ME who form part of the database operated by the UK charity CHROME (Case History Research on ME). This small group of people appear to have a degree of resistance to morphine – a very potent analgesic that is occasionally used for the management of severe pain.’”
(…) “Morphine resistance is very unusual and I have only come across one person with this reaction so far in my whole medical career – that was in hospital practice and did not involve ME/CFS.”
(…) “If anyone has further information on possible morphine resistance or intolerance in ME/CFS I would be pleased to receive it.”
(…) “Please email ME Connect putting FAO Dr Shepherd in the subject line.”
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Meg
Sleepydust Newspaper Coordinator
