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by lr4444lr 52 days ago
After reading this, I wonder whether maybe low doses of morphine over a short period are safer than either.
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No, even if morphine were metabolically safer (I don't know), its addictive potential would outweigh the potential safety benefit.

On the other hand, if in the early 2000s you were to share those concerns with certain doctors, they would propose a more effective and non addictive alternative to morphine instead. Only the first part of what they would tell you was true.