A short history of anti-rheumatic therapy - V. Analgesics
The pharmacological treatment of pain has very ancient origins, when plant-derived products were used, including mandrake extracts and opium, a dried latex obtained from Papaver somniferum. In the XVI and XVII centuries opium came into the preparation of two compounds widely used for pain relief: la...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2011-06-01
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Series: | Reumatismo |
Online Access: | http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/505 |