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Analgesia

Analgesics are among the oldest drugs described, albeit not necessarily for medicinaluse. Forexample,theSumeriansisolatedopioids(probablyfortheir euphoric effects) in the third millennium b. c. and the use of willow bark (salicin) for fever was ?rst reported in the eighteenth century. Both types of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Stein, Christoph (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 177
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Pain Generation
  • Drugs in Clinical Use
  • Opioids
  • Antipyretic Analgesics: Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs, Selective COX-2 Inhibitors, Paracetamol and Pyrazolinones
  • Local Anesthetics
  • Serotonin Receptor Ligands: Treatments of Acute Migraine and Cluster Headache
  • Anti-convulsants and Anti-depressants
  • Compounds in Preclinical Development
  • Neuropeptide and Kinin Antagonists
  • Glutamate Receptor Ligands
  • Adrenergic and Cholinergic Compounds
  • Cannabinoids and Pain
  • Future Targets in Analgesia Research
  • Adenosine and ATP Receptors
  • Ion Channels in Analgesia Research
  • Protein Kinases as Potential Targets for the Treatment of Pathological Pain
  • Pain Management Beyond Pharmacotherapy
  • Placebo and Endogenous Mechanisms of Analgesia
  • Limitations of Pharmacotherapy: Behavioral Approaches to Chronic Pain.