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Other common side effects of epidurals include inability to pass urine (necessitating a urinary catheter) for up to two-thirds of women; (38) itching of the skin (pruritus) for up to two-thirds of women administered an opiate drug via epidural; (39, 40) shivering for up to one in three women; (41) sedation for around one in five women; (42) and nausea and vomiting for one in twenty women. These receptors respond both to opiate drugs, such as morphine, and to the body's morphinelike chemicals. In contrast to humans, who have three types of brain receptors for pain-inhibiting opiate drugs, frogs possess just one. |
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