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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauren Gilmour

Childhood neglect can increase pain and harmful opioid side effects – study

PA Wire

Adverse experiences early on in life such as neglect can increase chronic pain and harmful effects of opioid painkillers such as morphine, research suggests.

The study by experts at the University of Dundee’s Consortium Against Pain InEquality (Cape) suggests exposure to neglect in early life increases vulnerability to pain and severe side effects of opioids in adulthood.

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