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Early Inflammation Protects Against Chronic Pain, Study Finds
Human data and experiments in mice challenge the common use of anti-inflammatory drugs to treat pain.
Early Inflammation Protects Against Chronic Pain, Study Finds
Early Inflammation Protects Against Chronic Pain, Study Finds

Human data and experiments in mice challenge the common use of anti-inflammatory drugs to treat pain.

Human data and experiments in mice challenge the common use of anti-inflammatory drugs to treat pain.

chronic pain, immunology

a pink and purple micrograph of a longitudinal section of human spinal ganglion cells
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Resolving Chronic Pain
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The body’s own mechanism for dispersing the inflammatory reaction might lead to new treatments for chronic pain.
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