Drug Candidates for the Treatment of Pain 2023
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2994
Special Issue Editor
Interests: anesthesia; critical care; pain medicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For many years opioids, have been considered the cornerstone for treating pain. Since 2000, more than one million of people have died from a drug overdose, and three-quarters of drug overdose deaths in 2020 involved an opioid. This unscrupulous use of analgesics emphasizes the need for alternative drugs to treat pain. Ideal candidates should be both non-addictive and devoid of side effects. This concept inspired the Special Issue "Drug Candidates for the Treatment of Pain". We are seeking manuscripts that focus on therapeutic novelties and the reasoned use of existing drugs with untapped potential.
Dr. Marco Fiore
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pain
- analgesia
- drug discovery
- drug candidates
- new drugs
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