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Old 06-28-2010, 09:47 AM
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I think this gets really complicated.

Those calcium channels are everywhere and also involved in pain transmission!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrocyte

There are other players in the cascade as well.
This one especially puzzles me-- when used with morphine better pain control can be had, but when used alone, nothing!
http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?is...1;aulast=Kumar
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