Pórszász, RóbertKashu, Riku2024-02-232024-02-232024-02-22https://hdl.handle.net/2437/366796Opioids have been traditionally used in clinical practice to treat various symptoms and diseases, including pain, myocardial infarction and cough. This thesis delineates pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of opioids and their clinical benefits and side effects. In addition, possible measures to combat the opioid epidemic, which has devastated the US, is discussed.66enOpioidsMedicine::PharmacologyHozzáférhető a 2022 decemberi felsőoktatási törvénymódosítás értelmében.