Article ; Online: Cancer Pain Management with Traditional Chinese Medicine: Current Status and Future Perspectives.
The American journal of Chinese medicine
2024 Volume 52, Issue 1, Page(s) 123–135
Abstract: Cancer pain, especially the moderate-to-severe pain experienced by patients with advanced cancer, is still one of the most challenging clinical problems. The current mainstream pharmacological treatment for cancer pain involves applying opioid ... ...
Abstract | Cancer pain, especially the moderate-to-severe pain experienced by patients with advanced cancer, is still one of the most challenging clinical problems. The current mainstream pharmacological treatment for cancer pain involves applying opioid medications and other pain-killing drugs. However, analgesic drugs have many adverse effects such as addiction, tolerance, and other formidable clinical and social issues. Thus, finding a new therapeutic approach to treat cancer pain is essential. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been increasingly applied in clinical practice because of its good efficacy and few side effects. However, its mechanisms of action in treating pain are still under investigation. The most important mechanism of cancer pain is that a large amount of pain-causing substances are secreted from cancer cells and promote their growth and invasion. The physical and chemical stimulations of these substances exist along with the cancer growth, leading to constantly increased pain sensation. Whether cancer pain can be alleviated by inhibiting cancer cells from releasing the substances and changing the microenvironment around the cancer mass, or even by eliminating pain-causing substances, is largely unknown. Based on TCM theory, this study reported that the aforementioned approach could effectively manage different cancer pains by tonifying |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Pain Management ; Cancer Pain/drug therapy ; Cancer Pain/etiology ; Quality of Life ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology ; Pain/drug therapy ; Pain/etiology ; Analgesics/therapeutic use ; Analgesics/pharmacology ; Neoplasms/complications ; Neoplasms/drug therapy |
Chemical Substances | Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; Analgesics |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-01-26 |
Publishing country | Singapore |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 193085-0 |
ISSN | 1793-6853 ; 0090-2942 ; 0192-415X |
ISSN (online) | 1793-6853 |
ISSN | 0090-2942 ; 0192-415X |
DOI | 10.1142/S0192415X24500058 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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