Pain management with morphine: variation in analgesic response secondary to genetic polymorphisms

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Shailendra KapoorMechanicsville, Richmond, VA, USAThe recent article by Villesen et al in a recent issue of your journal was most interesting.1 Recent studies show that the potency of morphine in efficacious pain control may be influenced greatly by polymorphisms of certain genes.View original paper by Villesen and colleagues.