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Alcohol addiction: a molecular biology perspective. [PDF]
, 2015 Alcohol misuse represents worldwide an important risk factor for death and disability. Excessive alcohol consumption is widely diffused in different ethnicities and alcohol use is part of the lifestyle of both young and old people.
Ferraguti, Giampiero +2 more
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Butorphanol: Effects of a Prototypical Agonist-Antagonist Analgesic on κ-Opioid Receptors
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2005 The opioid analgesic, butorphanol (17-cyclobutylmethyl-3,14-dihydroxymorphinan) tartrate is a prototypical agonist-antagonist opioid analgesic agent whose potential for abuse has been the cause of litigation in the United States.
Stephen Commiskey +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.As many patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) have chronic pain, understanding how to best assess and manage pain in IA is a priority. Comorbid depression is prevalent in adults with IA, affecting 15% to 39% of people. Although pain and depression are thought to be associated in IA, this concept is largely based on cross‐sectional data.
Natasha Cox +3 more
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Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2009 Background opioid and somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) that can assemble as heterodimer were individually reported to modulate malignant cell proliferation and to favour apoptosis.
Allouche Stéphane +4 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Opioid medications are the mainstay of pain management but present substantial side-effects such as respiratory depression which can be lethal with overdose.
Jamil Danaf +3 more
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Ageism in Rheumatology: The Health Care Professional's Perspective
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Ageism (age‐based stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination) is prevalent and linked to prolonged disability and reduced lifespan in older adults. Little is known about ageism within rheumatology. This study explores the health care professional's (HCP) perception of the care of older adults and how ageist attitudes or perspectives may impact
Aaron P. Smith +4 more
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Can variability in the effect of opioids on refractory breathlessness be explained by genetic factors? [PDF]
, 2015 © 2015, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objectives: Opioids modulate the perception of breathlessness with a considerable variation in response, with poor correlation between the required opioid dose and symptom severity. The objective of this
Currow, David C. +10 more
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Opioid and cannabinoid receptors
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 1994 Opioids and cannabinoids are two major classes of drugs with important clinical uses as well as significant side effects. Recently, the three major subtypes of opioid receptors, delta, kappa and mu, have been cloned. Both the endogenous cannabinoids and their receptors have also recently been cloned.
Terry Reisine, Michael J. Brownstein
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Chronic Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study from the Veteran's Health Administration
Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of chronic opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed chronic opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget +7 more
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Analgesic Effects of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Inhibition in a Rat Model of Neuropathic Pain [PDF]
, 2006 Cannabinoid-based medicines have therapeutic potential for the treatment of pain. Augmentation of levels of endocannabinoids with inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is analgesic in models of acute and inflammatory pain states.
Barrett, David +4 more
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