Dextromethorphan for the reduction of im
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Avi A. Weinbroum; Alexander Gorodetzky; Alexander Nirkin; Yehuda Kollender; Jaco
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Background: Postoperative pain is mediated centrally by n-methyl-d-aspartate (nmda) receptors. the beneficial effects of preincision oral dextromethorphan (dm), which is an nmda antagonist, on postoperative pain and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (iv-pca) morphine (mo) consumption have