Remifentanil Tolerance and Hyperalgesia: Short-term Gain, Long-term Pain?

(Abstracted from Anaesthesia, 71(11):1347–1362, 2016) Remifentanil is a popular short-acting opioid. However, the drug has been associated with both acute opioid tolerance and/or opioid-induced hyperalgesia.
Source: Survey of Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Perioperative Complications Source Type: research