Quest Ignited for Newer Analgesics

[摘要] The International Association for the Study of Pain definespain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experienceassociated with real or potential tissue damage.”[1] Chronic painis a common, complicated, and distressing disorder that has asignificant impact on both individuals and society. It is morethan just a troubling symptom; it is a separate clinical illnesswith its own medical diagnosis and taxonomic classification.Chronic pain isterrible and impacts every aspect of a patient’slife. Approximately 30% of the world population suffers frompain. One global chronic pain prevalence survey found that19.3% of the Indian adult population suffers from chronicpain.

[学科分类] 分子生物学，细胞生物学和基因