title: Ziconitide.
abstract: Questions from patients about analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. The topic addressed in this query is ziconotide, a novel approach to the management of severe and chronic pain prepared from snail venom, its uses and possible side effects.
authors: Department of Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA. engreenberg@ucdavis.edu
authors: Eric N
authors: EN
authors: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007260:Infusion Pumps; D008978:Mollusk Venoms / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012908:Snails; D020960:omega-Conotoxins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D008978:Mollusk Venoms; D020960:omega-Conotoxins; C078452:ziconotide