Gender Differences in Pain Management: The Effect of Sexual Dimorphism
At the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting, Jon Levine, MD, PhD discussed recent data showing that kappa-opioids, generally observed to be less effective in providing pain relief than mu-receptor opioids, were not only equally effective in producing pain relief in a female patient population, but were also associated with a reduced incidence of adverse effects and greater overall patient satisfaction.