The young doctor was startled: "Director, what's wrong? What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Chunhua waved his hand: "Don't be nervous, I'm not uncomfortable, but I feel very good. I don't feel any pain at all now, and I have no other abnormal sensations. I am very awake, but I can't feel the pain anymore."

The young doctor was overjoyed: "Director, what did you say? It doesn't hurt anymore? That's great."

However, Zhang Chunhua was deep in thought at the moment and had no time to reply: "Oral medicines are usually absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract and usually take half an hour to take effect, but this medicine actually works faster and has a stronger effect than intravenous painkillers.

What kind of pharmacology is this?”

"Also, we need to see how long the effect lasts? What if it only lasts for a few hours? If it is too short, the effect will be limited."

"No, it's better to figure it out early."

His heart was like a hundred claws scratching his heart, and he felt itchy and uncomfortable all over his body. The pain disappeared, but the itching in his body increased.

"By the way, do you have instructions for this painkiller? I want to see its mechanism of action and how it can have such a good effect?"

The young doctor nodded: "I have read the description of the drug. It mainly achieves the effect by blocking the pain transmission channels of the nervous system."

Zhang Chunhua exclaimed: "Is it like a patient with congenital painlessness?"

"Yes, they found a new pain transmission channel, and then developed this painkiller based on the target. It only blocks pain and does not produce pleasure, so there is no dependence."

Zhang Chunhua sighed: "China's science and technology is now advanced, and new drugs are released every day. I feel like I can't keep up with this development speed."

The young doctor smiled and said: "That's because Sanqing is really powerful and can continuously develop new drugs. This is not only good for patients, but also good for us doctors."

"Yeah, at that time, I didn't have so many good medicines. Hey, I'm getting old."

Zhang Chunhua shook his head and sighed, lost in memories of the past.

The young doctor smiled and left quietly so that he could rest quietly and recover as soon as possible.

Until evening, Zhang Chunhua did not feel any pain.

It was rare for him to get a good night's sleep, and he slept until dawn, only to find that his body began to hurt when he woke up.

However, he didn't care if it hurt at this time, because he would have to take medicine again soon.

The effect of this painkiller lasts for an astonishing 20 hours, and the sustained-release effect is simply amazing.

And the effect has not diminished, and is no worse than those opioid analgesics.

In terms of adverse reactions, since he went to bed earlier, he didn't feel much.

He was immediately overjoyed, knowing that he no longer had to worry about pain.

Time passed very quickly. A week later, he was almost recovered from the operation. He only had some intermittent mild pain, which was probably similar to the pain in the back after strenuous exercise. It was tolerable without taking medicine.

He no longer takes painkillers and doesn't feel any discomfort.

This means that this drug is not addictive.

The advantages are too outstanding.

Based on its efficacy and safety, it is simply inferior to those neuronarcotic painkillers.

Zhang Chunhua leaned on the bed and asked carefully: "By the way, has my test report been out? Will it have any impact on my condition?"

The young doctor seemed to have returned to the time when Lao Zhang was the director.

"Congratulations, director, the report is out. The blood tests and MRI scan show that there are no problems. There is no damage to the internal organs or brain, and your surgical site is recovering well."

Zhang Chunhua laughed happily: "Haha, it seems that this painkiller is really good. It should be promoted well to benefit the majority of patients. I will have a lecture at Haishi Medical University in two weeks. I must publicize it well.

This matter."

How many patients are suffering from unbearable pain, but cannot use opioid painkillers for fear of addiction.

In particular, China is very vigilant about drugs in this area, and management is very strict. All related drugs are controlled products.

As a result, many patients can only tolerate it or use very small doses.

This is not enough to solve their pain problem.

If there were a powerful and fast analgesic, no side effects, and no dependence, it would be good news for many patients.

Now, when Sanqing's new analgesics are released, the pain problem can finally be completely solved.

Those patients who are in agony can at least have a good sleep.

After Zhang Chunhua was discharged from the hospital, he continued to collect clinical data on this drug and was surprised to find that this painkiller was even better than he imagined.

No matter what kind of pain, it can be relieved by the medicine, and the patient has not developed addiction after taking it for a month.

After stopping the medication, after a week of continuous observation, no dependence developed.

Of course, during this process, as the patient's condition improves, the pain will also weaken, and the doctor needs to reduce the use of analgesics based on the patient's actual condition.

Every patient who has used this medicine is full of praise for it.

Zhang Chunhua understands the feelings of patients and hopes that this drug can benefit more patients.

He decided to promote the drug well among doctors, and at the same time write a clinical research paper based on the collected data, so that after it is published, more people can see the real effects.

So, while writing his thesis, he went to Haishi Medical University to give lectures.

In this way, Sanqing's painkillers have already gained fame and popularity in the industry before they were even launched on the market.

Generally speaking, most doctors use drugs prudently, and they are a bit skeptical about the problem of addiction to painkillers. Therefore, when the market is mature and there are abundant drugs to choose from, they will not take risks.

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Especially for newly launched drugs that have not undergone long-term clinical trials, doctors are afraid of potential adverse reactions and harm to patients.

After all, painkillers are not as life-threatening as anti-cancer drugs. Doctors will be more conservative in using drugs and will not take risks.

If patients don't use anti-cancer drugs, they will die. If patients don't use painkillers, they can use other methods, which will not put their lives in danger anyway.

Therefore, if a new painkiller has a good reputation among doctors, it will be very effective in promoting sales.

After all, it is the doctor who prescribes medicine to the patient. Which medicine from the pharmaceutical company the patient uses is a matter of the doctor’s decision.

Otherwise, there would be no such profession as a medical representative with extreme reputations.

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Shangdu City, Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention Drug Maintenance Treatment Center Outpatient Clinic.

Inside the outpatient department, a huge iron fence divided the entire room into two halves, inside which sat a medical staff wearing a mask and a white coat.

Dou Jian wore sunglasses and a hat and covered himself tightly, as if he was afraid of being seen, so he walked in hastily.

He came to the iron fence, quoted a number, and then handed over 10 yuan through the gap between the stainless steel bars.

The staff member took the money, typed a string of words on the computer keyboard, and then poured a cup of reddish liquid from an instrument shaped like a pure bucket but only half the size and handed it to him.

The liquid was contained in a disposable cup, which was about half a cup. Dou Jian took the liquid and drank it in one gulp without saying a word.

Then, he took the cup to the water dispenser outside the iron fence and drank it in one gulp.

After throwing away the cup, he opened his mouth towards the staff to indicate that the liquid had been swallowed.

The staff nodded, and he turned around and left. The whole journey took no more than 5 minutes.

Scenes like this happen every day in Dou Jian's life.

On the surface, he gets up early every day, goes to bed late every day, and is busy, just like ordinary people.

However, he needs to go to a fixed place every day just to take a sip of the potion.

This place is the outpatient department of the Medication Maintenance Center.

That reddish liquid is methadone.

The potion is only 20ml.

Everyone was required to swallow it and drink a glass of water to prove themselves.

In order to prevent some people from collecting methadone and reselling it to others.

This is the legendary methadone clinic.

Only here will Dou Jian remember that he was once an addict.

Methadone is a drug that is similar to morphine and has analgesic effects. In the early 1960s, it was discovered that it has medicinal effects in the treatment of conch seal detoxification and replacement maintenance treatment.

Methadone maintenance treatment is not "drug detoxification" in the traditional sense, nor is it "a small drug instead of a big drug", but a new type of treatment for addicts. By regularly providing a limited amount of methadone for maintenance, it can prevent and alleviate withdrawal reactions.

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The advantage of methadone maintenance therapy is that the withdrawal symptoms for drug addicts are gentle, painless and have few side effects.

Many cities across the country have similar methadone clinics. The three clinics in Shangdu have treated more than 2,000 people in total.

Dou Jian has been treated here for 2 years. He has now returned to his normal appearance. He is 1.8 meters tall, weighs 80 kilograms, has a rosy complexion and looks to be improving well.

Today, he had breakfast, then took a walk, did some simple exercises, and finally arrived at the outpatient department at nine o'clock.

However, after he handed over 10 yuan again.

The staff did not touch the pure water bucket, but took out a yellow soft capsule from the drawer, put it in a cup and handed it to him.

"This is a new type of drug that has a very good analgesic effect on withdrawal reactions. Take this today, just like before, bite it and swallow it, then drink a glass of water, open your mouth and say a word to me."
To be continued...