Chronic pain affects millions of people in the US. Targeting an oft-overlooked brain receptor could one day offer relief.
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Unlike opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl that travel throughout the body, the opioids your body produces are released in small quantities to specific locations.
‘Sensitisation’ can affect anyone, but some people may be more prone to it than others due to genetic factors, environmental factors or previous experiences.
While the COVID-19 pandemic raged on, the opioid epidemic got worse as drug overdose deaths soared. New research proposes a way to chemically modify opioids to reduce the risk of addiction.
Animals that regularly dine on toxic food may hold clues for designing new drugs to treat persistent pain in humans.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus usually infects the body via the ACE2 protein. But there is another entry point that allows the virus to infect the nervous system and block pain perception.
Life without pain might seem like a blessing. But pain plays an important role in protecting our bodies from further damage.
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