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Volume 7
Journal of Pain & Relief
ISSN: 2167-0846
Pain Management 2018
October 11-12, 2018
October 11-12, 2018 | Zurich, Switzerland
7
th
International Conference and Exhibition on
Pain Research and Management
Approaches to treatment of pain without the toxicities of current treatments
Victor J Hruby
University of Arizona, USA
P
ain is the most ubiquitous and expensive medical problem in the world. Furthermore, the primary methods for treating
pain, NSAIDs and opiates, are highly toxic and often ineffective. Investments in pain research and development are trivial
compared to our other major diseases. There is much talk about the opiate epidemic but very little is actually being done. There
are alternatives and there is much animal evidence that they work on prolonged and neuropathic pain, as well as acute pain.
Author will discuss the design of novel peptide and peptidomimetic ligands that are very potent in treating acute, neuropathic
and prolonged pain states, that are bioavailable and cross the blood brain barrier, that have none or greatly reduced toxicities
of our current toxic drugs and do not lead to dependence or addiction. Most of these ligands are multivalent and have novel
biological activity profiles.
hruby@emailarizona.eduJ Pain Relief 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0846-C1-021