morphine

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It told the BBC that morphine had been administered twice to Jacqueline's aunt Caitriona at the end of her life.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

These receptors are proteins found on nerve cells that reduce pain signals when activated by opioids such as morphine.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

In the early 1980s, for example, scientists synthesized ziconotide, a natural pain-killer 1,000 times stronger than morphine without the addictive side effects.

From Salon • May 21, 2025

The New Yorker was taken to a hospital where she received IV fluids and morphine and “the pain finally went away,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

“I’ll come back with your morphine and a glass of water, Kaka jan,” Soraya said.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini