A pharmacogenetics approach to pain management

• Main Authors: Kaori Yoshida (Author), Daisuke Nishizawa (Author), Soichiro Ide (Author), Tatsuya Ichinohe (Author), Ken‐ichi Fukuda (Author), Kazutaka Ikeda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Opioid analgesics are widely used as effective analgesics for the treatment of moderate‐to‐severe pain. However, the analgesic efficacy of opioids is well known to vary widely among individuals, and effective pain treatment is hampered by vast individual differences. Although t...