Impact of sex on pain and opioid analgesia: a review
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.08.001
Abstract: Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that impacts tens of millions each year, resulting in lost wages for workers and exacting considerable costs in health care and rehabilitation. A thorough understanding of the neural mechanisms… read more here.
Keywords: pain opioid; sex differences; sex; opioid analgesia ... See more keywords
Targeting immune‐driven opioid analgesia by sigma‐1 receptors: Opening the door to novel perspectives for the analgesic use of sigma‐1 antagonists
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DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.02.008
Abstract: Graphical abstract Figure. No caption available. ABSTRACT Immune cells have a known role in pronociception, since they release a myriad of inflammatory algogens which interact with neurons to facilitate pain signaling. However, these cells also… read more here.
Keywords: targeting immune; sigma; sigma antagonists; opioid analgesia ... See more keywords
A preliminary assessment of vital-signs-integrated patient-assisted intravenous opioid analgesia (VPIA) for postsurgical pain
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DOI: 10.1186/s12871-020-01060-4
Abstract: Background We developed a Vital-signs-integrated Patient-assisted Intravenous opioid Analgesia (VPIA) analgesic infusion pump, a closed-loop vital signs monitoring and drug delivery system which embodied in a novel algorithm that took into account patients’ vital signs… read more here.
Keywords: vpia; vital signs; opioid analgesia; pain ... See more keywords