morphine

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To better understand how morphine works, researchers studied brain cells involved in tracking pain signals.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

In the early 1980s, for example, scientists synthesized ziconotide, a natural pain-killer 1,000 times stronger than morphine without the addictive side effects.

From Salon • May 21, 2025

He said nurses were "amazing" and administered adrenaline, morphine and co-codamol for the pain.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than morphine and is used to treat severe pain under the supervision of a licensed medical professional.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024

At three in the morning on Billy’s morphine night in prison, a new patient was carried into the hospital by two lusty Englishmen.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut