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Cholecystokinin and its antagonists in pain management /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCleane, Gary
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Haworth Medical Press, [2006]
Series:Haworth series in clinical pain and symptom palliation.
Subjects:
Cholecystokinin > Antagonists > Therapeutic use.
Cholecystokinin > Physiological effect.
Pain > Chemotherapy.
Cholecystokinin > antagonists & inhibitors.
Cholecystokinin > secretion.
Cholecystokinin > therapeutic use.
Analgesics, Opioid > pharmacokinetics.
Analgesics, Opioid > therapeutic use.
Pain > drug therapy.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Opioids in pain management
  • Cholecystokinin
  • Cholecystokinin as a gut peptide
  • Cholecystokinin as a central nervous system peptide
  • Central effect of cholecystokinin
  • Factors that increase central cholecystokinin representation
  • Cholecystokinin as an antiopioid peptide
  • Cholecystokinin receptor antagonists
  • Do cholecystokinin antagonists influence opioid-derived antinociception?
  • Do CCK antagonists reduce tolerance to the antinociceptive effects of opioids?
  • Is the combination of opioids and CCK antagonists safe?
  • Human studies of the combination of CCK antagonists and opioids
  • Other potential uses of CCK antagonists
  • Conclusions.