Transition to chronic pain: opportunities for novel therapeutics.

Price, Theodore J; Basbaum, Allan I; Bresnahan, Jacqueline; Chambers, Jan F; De Koninck, Yves; Edwards, Robert R; Ji, Ru-Rong; Katz, Joel et al. · Nat Rev Neurosci · 2018

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Abstract

Although chronic pain is one of the most important medical problems facing society, there has been very limited progress in the development of novel therapies for this condition. Here, we discuss high-impact research priorities to reduce the number of people transitioning from acute to chronic intractable pain.

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