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The observation that opioids reduce the chemical drive to breathe is well documented in the scientific literature.The reduced ventilatory drive is related to the slowing and eventually silencing of respiratory networks in the brainstem after opioid administration. The influence of drugs in general and opioids in particular on the ventilatory control system has been an understudied topic for a long time.
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