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ArticleBalkan medical journal2020

Non-opioid Analgesics and the Endocannabinoid System

Ruhan Deniz Topuz, Özgur Gündüz, Çetin Hakan Karadağ, Ahmet Ulugöl

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Article in Balkan medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Effects of Cannabinoids on Ischemic Stroke-Associated Neuroinflammation: A Systematic Review.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ruhan Deniz TopuzDepartment of Medical Pharmacology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
Özgur GündüzDepartment of Medical Pharmacology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
Çetin Hakan KaradağDepartment of Medical Pharmacology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
Ahmet UlugölDepartment of Medical Pharmacology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, TurkeyORCID 0000-0003-4643-1124
Trakya University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs produce antinociceptive effects mainly through peripheral cyclooxygenase inhibition. In opposition to the classical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, paracetamol and dipyrone exert weak anti-inflammatory activity, their antinociceptive effects appearing to be mostly due to mechanisms other than peripheral cyclooxygenase inhibition. In this review, we classify classical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, paracetamol and dipyrone as “non-opioid analgesics” and discuss the mechanisms mediating participation of the endocannabinoid system in their antinociceptive effects. Non-opioid analgesics and their metabolites may activate cannabinoid receptors, as well as elevate endocannabinoid levels through different mechanisms: reduction of endocannabinoid degradation via fatty acid amide hydrolase and/or cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition, mobilization of arachidonic acid for the biosynthesis of endocannabinoids due to cyclooxygenase inhibition, inhibition of endocannabinoid cellular uptake directly or through the inhibition of nitric oxide synthase production, and induction of endocannabinoid release.

Indexed as

AnalgesicsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalDipyroneEndocannabinoidsHumansPain ManagementPain MeasurementAnalgesicsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalDipyroneEndocannabinoidsDipyroneendocannabinoidsNSAIDsparacetamol

Identifiers

PMID32551466
PMCPMC7590544
OpenAlexW3036802243

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