Cholecystokinin and its antagonists in pain management

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McCleane Gary
Published: Haworth Medical Press,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Haworth series in clinical pain and symptom palliation
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Carrier Form: 145 p.: ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0789028921 (hard : alk. paper)
9780789028921 (hard : alk. paper)
078902893X (soft : alk. paper)
9780789028938 (soft : alk. paper)
Index Number: R977
CLC: R977.4
R977.6
R975
Call Number: R975/M126
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-142) and index.
Introduction -- Opioids in pain management -- Cholecystokinin -- Cholecystokinin as a gut peptide -- Cholecystokinin as a central nervous system peptide -- Central effect of cholecystokinin -- Factors that increase central cholecystokinin representation -- Cholecystokinin as an antiopioid peptide -- Cholecystokinin receptor antagonists -- Do cholecystokinin antagonists influence opioid-derived antinociception? -- Do CCK antagonists reduce tolerance to the antinociceptive effects of opioids? -- Is the combination of opioids and CCK antagonists safe? -- Human studies of the combination of CCK