title: Loperamide: from antidiarrheal to analgesic.
abstract: Loperamide, an antidiarrheal drug has been observed to produce analgesia in animal models of pain. However, the exact mechanism underlying loperamide analgesia needs further studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000930:Antidiarrheals / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D008139:Loperamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000930:Antidiarrheals; D008139:Loperamide