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Endometriosis and Opioid Receptors: Are Opioids a Possible/Promising Treatment for Endometriosis?

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(2), 1633; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24021633
by Qihui Guan †, Renata Voltolini Velho †, Jalid Sehouli and Sylvia Mechsner *
Reviewer 1:
Reviewer 2:
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(2), 1633; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24021633
Submission received: 12 December 2022 / Revised: 4 January 2023 / Accepted: 10 January 2023 / Published: 13 January 2023

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript " Endometriosis and Opioid receptors: Are opioids a possible/good treatment for endometriosis?" was found to be of potential significance. The discussion is interesting and relevant to the field, especially endometriosis-related pain which is critically imperative for endometriosis patients. Nevertheless, there are some comments and suggestions listed below for the authors.

 

Title:

Please change it to: "Endometriosis and Opioid receptors: Are opioids a possible/promising treatment for endometriosis-related pain?”

 

Abstract:

The overall conclusion of the study should be summarized and added to this section.

Keywords:

Try to avoid repeating words used in the title. Keywords are used in databases to search for research; using different words increases the probability of your work being found.

 

Introduction:

The introduction does not provide a clear rationale concerning the goals and hypotheses of the study. Please provide more details on the main aims of the study and a short background in the introduction section.

 

Body:

It would be helpful to add a separate section devoted to how analgesics, especially opioids, affect infertility and reproduction in endometriosis patients and animal models.

 

Conclusion:

 

Even though the different parts of the study have been well summarized, a more accurate and specific conclusion could enhance the quality of the study.

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

The authors focused on  Endometriosis and Opioid receptors. It was well written and explained review.

However, I would like to suggest adding the current efforts and challenges in developing opioids and how they can be a better target in the treatment of endometriosis would be of great value to this Review.

Adding on opioid addiction would also further enhance this review 

Author Response

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