Plasma concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 and anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in short- and long-term opioid users with noncancer pain

• Main Authors: Mizher, Hussam A., Zin, Che Suraya, Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Mohamed, Abdul Hadi, Tan, H. Ling, Izzat, Munira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2020
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; RM147 Administration of Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents; RS Pharmacy and materia medica; RS403 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/85467/1/JPBS_%20Dr%20Helal%20%282020%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/85467/; https://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2020;volume=12;issue=6;spage=663;epage=666;aulast=Mizher;type=0

Introduction: Little is known whether the duration of opioid use influences the concentrations of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Objectives: This study examined the plasma concentration of pro-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin 6 (IL-6), and anti-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin 10 (IL-10),...