Many patients with chronic pain use prescription opioids. Epigenetic modification of the μ-opioid receptor 1 () gene, which codes for the target protein of opioids, may influence vulnerability to opioid abuse and response to opioid pharmacotherapy, potentially affecting pain outcomes.
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