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

• Main Authors: Mizher, Hussam, Zin, Che Suraya, Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Mohamed, Rozilah @ Abdul Hadi, Tan, H Ling, Izzat, Munira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2020
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/86960/1/zin_hosam_.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/86960/; https://www.jpbsonline.org/text.asp?2020/12/6/663/299973

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-1...