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European Headache Federation (EHF) critical re-appraisal and meta-analysis of oral drugs in migraine prevention-part 2: flunarizine.

Novel disease-specific and mechanism-based treatments sharing good evidence of efficacy for migraine have been recently marketed. However, reimbursement by insurers depends on treatment failure with classic anti-migraine drugs. In this […]

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Dexamethasone inhibits IL-8 via glycolysis and mitochondria-related pathway to regulate inflammatory pain.

Dexamethasone (Dexa) has been recently found to exert an analgesic effect, whose action is closely related to IL-8. However, whether dexamethasone induces antinociception via glycolysis and mitochondria-related pathways is still […]

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Functional genomic mechanisms of opioid action and opioid use disorder: a systematic review of animal models and human studies.

In the past two decades, over-prescription of opioids for pain management has driven a steep increase in opioid use disorder (OUD) and death by overdose, exerting a dramatic toll on […]

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Inhibition of C5aR1 as a promising approach to treat taxane-induced neuropathy.

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common side effect of several antitumor agents resulting in progressive and often irreversible damage of peripheral nerves. In addition to their known anticancer effects, […]

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Discovery of (S)-flurbiprofen-based novel azine derivatives as prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase-II inhibitors: Synthesis, in-vivo analgesic, anti-inflammatory activities, and their molecular docking.

The anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs currently used are associated with several adverse effects and found to be highly unsafe for long-term use. Currently, nineteen novel bis-Schiff base derivatives (1-19) of […]

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Activation of G-protein-coupled receptor 39 reduces neuropathic pain in a rat model.

Activated G-protein-coupled receptor 39 (GPR39) has been shown to attenuate inflammation by interacting with sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α). However, whether GPR39 attenuates neuropathic pain […]

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Adverse event profile of CGRP monoclonal antibodies: findings from the FDA adverse event reporting database.

Four CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs) have been approved for migraine prophylaxis by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 2018. However, there are concerns about the safety of these four […]

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Identification of opioid use disorder using electronic health records: Beyond diagnostic codes.

We used structured and unstructured electronic health record (EHR) data to develop and validate an approach to identify moderate/severe opioid use disorder (OUD) that includes individuals without prescription opioid use […]

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Systematic Literature Review of Real-World Evidence on Baricitinib for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Baricitinib, an orally available small-molecule inhibitor of Janus kinase (JAK)1 and JAK2, is indicated to treat active moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

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Complement proteins L-ficolin and M-ficolin are increased in axial spondyloarthritis patients and decrease after TNF-inhibitor treatment.

We have previously reported elevated levels of the complement lectin pathway proteins L-ficolin and H-ficolin in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients compared with healthy controls. The aim of this study was […]

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