Reply to Blatt

Leah Frimerman¹, Maria Verner², Amanda Sirois², Katherine Scott², Alice Bruneau¹, Jordi Perez^{3

4}, Yoram Shir^{3

4}, Marc O Martel^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁴ Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Comment

Leah Frimerman et al. Pain. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 1;163(4):e609-e611.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002515.

Leah Frimerman¹, Maria Verner², Amanda Sirois², Katherine Scott², Alice Bruneau¹, Jordi Perez^{3

4}, Yoram Shir^{3

4}, Marc O Martel^{2

3

4}

¹ Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁴ Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.

No abstract available

Comment on

Day-to-day hedonic and calming effects of opioids, opioid craving, and opioid misuse among patients with chronic pain prescribed long-term opioid therapy.
Frimerman L, Verner M, Sirois A, Scott K, Bruneau A, Perez J, Shir Y, Martel MO. Frimerman L, et al. Pain. 2021 Aug 1;162(8):2214-2224. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002220. Pain. 2021. PMID: 33729213
Implications of hedonic effects of opioids in clinical practice.
Blatt JM. Blatt JM. Pain. 2022 Apr 1;163(4):e608-e609. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002514. Pain. 2022. PMID: 35302980 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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