Name: Loperamide: From antidiarrheal to analgesic
Creator: Rajesh Kumar
Keywords: Pain Threshold, 0301 basic medicine, Analgesics, Disease Models, Animal, 0303 health sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, Animals, Humans, Pain, Antidiarrheals

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2013Publisher:Weston Medical PublishingJournal:Journal of Opioid Management, volume 9, pages 301-302 (issn: 1551-7489, eissn: 1551-7489,

Authors: Rajesh Kumar;

doi: 10.5055/jom.2013.0172

pmid: 24353024

Loperamide: From antidiarrheal to analgesic

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Abstract

Loperamide, an antidiarrheal drug has been observed to produce analgesia in animal models of pain. However, the exact mechanism underlying loperamide analgesia needs further studies.

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences
India

Keywords

Pain Threshold, Analgesics, Disease Models, Animal, Animals, Humans, Pain, Antidiarrheals, Loperamide

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