Study Highlights New Opiate Pain Pathways Discovered for Curcumin
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Thursday, November 1, 2018
While curcumin is not an opiate, which is a class of prescription drugs in the opium/morphine family, this newly discovered activity integral to pain relief demonstrated that curcumin downregulates the expression of this gene.
Key Points:
- While curcumin is not an opiate, which is a class of prescription drugs in the opium/morphine family, this newly discovered activity integral to pain relief demonstrated that curcumin downregulates the expression of this gene.
- While other opiate receptors relieve pain, the nociceptin receptor actually increases sensitivity to pain.
- The researchers used a patented curcumin blended with turmeric essential oil (CuraMed Curcumin) and the fixed combination (Curamin) of this curcumin and a uniquely standardized boswellia.
- Nociceptin is a neuropeptide, which acts as an endogenous anti-analgesic, increasing sensation to pain in brain via activation of the nociceptin receptor, while other opiate receptors relieve pain.