Pharma 20: Opioids and Pain - Relief, Risk, and Responsibility

Clinical Deep Dives · Feb 2, 2026 · 1m

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This episode examines opioids not simply as analgesics, but as powerful modifiers of how pain is experienced, interpreted, and remembered. We explore pain as a multidimensional phenomenon—sensory, emotional, and cognitive—and show how opioids act across these layers. Framed this way, both their unmatched clinical value and their capacity for harm become…