| Literature DB >> 18786654 |
Sylvie Bradesi1, Jeremy Herman, Emeran A Mayer.
Abstract
Irritable bowel syndrome remains an incompletely understood, common syndrome with significant unmet medical needs. In IBS patients, abdominal pain is a primary factor related to quality of life impairment, symptom severity and health care utilization, and chronic visceral hyperalgesia has been identified as an important aspect of IBS pathophysiology. However, the development of therapies aimed at reducing this hyperalgesia (visceral analgesics) has been only partially successful despite preclinical evidence supporting the potential usefulness of several preclinical compounds aimed at peripheral as well as central targets.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18786654 PMCID: PMC2651816 DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2008.08.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Pharmacol ISSN: 1471-4892 Impact factor: 5.547