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Soraya Babaie1, Arezou Taghvimi2, Joo‑Hyun Hong3, Hamed Hamishehkar4*, Seongpil An5* and Ki Hyun Kim3*
1Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research Center and Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 2Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 3School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea. 4Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 5SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT) and Depart‑ment of Nano Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
*Corresponding author.
Abstract
Background
Pain is a vital sense that indicates the risk of injury at a particular body part. Successful control of pain is the principal aspect in medical treatment. In recent years, the advances of nanotechnology in pain management have been remarkable. In this review, we focus on literature and published data that reveal various applications of nanotechnology in acute and chronic pain management.
Methods
The presented content is based on information collected through pain management publications (227 articles up to April 2021) provided by Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar services.
Results
A comprehensive study of the articles revealed that nanotechnology-based drug delivery has provided acceptable results in pain control, limiting the side effects and increasing the efficacy of analgesic drugs. Besides the ability of nanotechnology to deliver drugs, sophisticated nanosystems have been designed to enhance imaging and diagnostics, which help in rapid diagnosis of diseases and have a significant impact on controlling pain. Furthermore, with the development of various tools, nanotechnology can accurately measure pain and use these measurements to display the efficiency of different interventions.
Conclusions
Nanotechnology has started a new era in the pain management and many promising results have been achieved in this regard. Nevertheless, there is still no substantial and adequate act of nanotechnology in this field. Therefore, efforts should be directed to broad investigations.
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