Although heroin and morphine both exhibit analgesic properties, heroin is more potent that morphine when injected intravenously. What is the clinical relevance of this difference in potency between these two drugs?
What will be an ideal response?
While heroin may require much lower doses than morphine to reduce pain, the maximal analgesia that can be achieved with the two drugs is equivalent and their clinical profile (e.g., side-effects) is virtually identical. Unless a more potent drug is capable of inducing a greater maximal response than a lower potency drug, or induces a lower incidence (or different spectrum) of side-effects, or induces benefits more quickly, differences in drug potency are generally not clinically relevant.
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