Now consider an opioid for analgesia (or antinociception) fo…
Now consider an opioid for analgesia (or antinociception) for Cooper, the cloth eater in the previous question. Hydromorphone, buprenorphine and butorphanol are available. Which of these opioids has the potential to provide the greatest analgesia (or antinociception) and thus would be most appropriate to be administered intravenously before surgery?