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In conjunction with their physician or a pain management specialist, patients may want to experiment with different pain killers to see if any of them seem to lower not just pain but other disease symptoms. If they feel a particular pain medication is lowering immunopathology they are able to tolerate, they may want to ask their physician to change to a medication that does not elicit such an effect. | In conjunction with their physician or a pain management specialist, patients may want to experiment with different pain killers to see if any of them seem to lower not just pain but other disease symptoms. If they feel a particular pain medication is lowering immunopathology they are able to tolerate, they may want to ask their physician to change to a medication that does not elicit such an effect. | ||
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* **ketamine** – An anesthetic drug commonly used in Lyme disease and chronic fatigue syndrome. Reports suggested that Ketamine doesn' | * **ketamine** – An anesthetic drug commonly used in Lyme disease and chronic fatigue syndrome. Reports suggested that Ketamine doesn' | ||
* **morphine** – avoid if possible - shown to be immunosuppressive in a study(({{pubmed> | * **morphine** – avoid if possible - shown to be immunosuppressive in a study(({{pubmed> | ||
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An opioid is any agent that binds to opioid receptors, found principally in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Opioids work to relieve pain in two ways. First, they attach to opioid receptors, which are specific proteins on the surface of cells in the brain, spinal cord and gastrointestinal tract. These drugs interfere and stop the transmission of pain messages to the brain. Second, they work in the brain to alter the sensation of pain. These drugs do not take the pain away, but they do reduce and alter the patient’s perception of the pain. | An opioid is any agent that binds to opioid receptors, found principally in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Opioids work to relieve pain in two ways. First, they attach to opioid receptors, which are specific proteins on the surface of cells in the brain, spinal cord and gastrointestinal tract. These drugs interfere and stop the transmission of pain messages to the brain. Second, they work in the brain to alter the sensation of pain. These drugs do not take the pain away, but they do reduce and alter the patient’s perception of the pain. |