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ReviewJournal of pain research2026

Review of Physiology, Pathology, and Pharmacology of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in Regards to the Potential Role of NaV 1.8 Selective Inhibitor, Suzetrigine, for Chronic Pain Management.

Christopher M Lam, Christopher L Robinson, Rohit Aiyer, Robin Mata, Kristal Xie, Matthew Slitzky, Huma Latif, Edward B Braun, Michael E Schatman, Christopher Gilligan and 2 more

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Review in Journal of pain research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors.

Christopher M LamDepartment of Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine, the University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2848-6255
Christopher L RobinsonDivision of Pain, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6276-9056
Rohit AiyerWestside Pain Management, Long Beach, CA, USA.
Robin MataDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2901-492X
Kristal XieJohn A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Matthew SlitzkyBurke Rehabilitation, Montefiore Health System, White Plains, NY, USA.
Huma LatifSchool of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Edward B BraunDepartment of Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine, the University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Michael E SchatmanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1019-0413
Christopher GilliganDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Amol SoinDepartment of Surgery, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA.
Usman LatifDepartment of Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine, the University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Voltage-gated sodium channels are integral for various physiologic processes including neurological signaling and cardiac contractility in humans. Classically a target to regulate cardiac arrhythmias, sodium channel inhibitors have held special interest as pharmacologic targets for pain management. However, the lack of receptor selectivity and specificity have resulted in various unwanted side effects and limited therapeutic ranges for nonspecific sodium channel blockers. Recently, suzetrigine, a voltage gated sodium channel subtype (NaV 1.8) selective inhibitor has been released and utilized for acute pain management with promising results. In this manuscript we highlight the physiology and pathology of voltage gated sodium channels along with current pharmacologic options in regards to its potential role for chronic pain management.

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chronic painneuropathic painpharmacologyvoltage gated sodium channels

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PMID41924085
PMCPMC13038033

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