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Subcutaneous tetrodotoxin and inflammatory pain
Madrid, Spain
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Peripheral tetrodotoxin (TTX) has been proposed for the treatment of several types of pain, and thus i.m. TTX is currently being evaluated in patients with severe cancer pain.1 In some animal studies, it appears that inflammatory pain may also be responsive to the antinociceptive effect of TTX,