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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit drmanaankarray.substack.comThis 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…