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COMT Val158Met Affects the Analgesic Response to Acupuncture Among Cancer Survivors With Chronic Pain.
The journal of pain - 1 Sept 2023
Yang Mingxiao, Baser Raymond E, Khanin Raya, Autuori Isidora, Li Qing S, Panageas Katherine S, Orlow Irene, Mao Jun J
Abstract excerpt
Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is the major enzyme involved in the catabolism of dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain's reward system. The common COMT polymorphism Val158Met (rs4680 G>A) modulates pain response to opioids through a reward-motivated mechanism; however, its role in nonpharmacological pain medicine has not been clinically characterized. We genotyped 325 participants from a randomized...
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