Pain Killers and their Mechanisms of Action
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pain killers, chemistry, painAbstract
Pain can be defined as ‘An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage.’ For the 1 in 125 million people diagnosed with CIPA (Congenital Insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis), the lack of sensitivity to pain and temperature results in 20% of CIPA patients dying before they pass the age of 3. This reveals the crucial role of pain, with its aversive nature able to protect us from danger, and in doing so, granting us the gift of survival.
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