Conotoxins Reveal Significant Psychopharmacological Effectiveness: The Future of Pain Management
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Various treatment modalities of acute and chronic pain have been an area of demand and interest for centuries. This article discusses the positive and negative consequences of pharmacological treatment of pain. The literature is based on extensive review of the data gathered among the experts in the field. This study focuses on the 2 major classes of drugs that are used to control pain: opioid and nonopioid analgesics. While opioids have revealed a vast range in purpose, research has indicated the many side effects as well as tolerance that can result. Current findings suggest nonopioid treatments derived from venoms are a more effective approach for pain management. Clinical trials have yielded conotoxins a positively explosive pharmacological approach for pain management.
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