Significantly less addictive opioid may slow progression of osteoarthritis while easing pain
Significantly less addictive opioid may slow progression of osteoarthritis while easing pain
In this study, lead author Alexander Weber, MD, sports medicine physician and orthopaedic surgeon with Keck Medicine, and corresponding author Denis Evseenko, MD, PhD, vice chair for research and associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, locally administered a kappa opioid into arthritic mice knees and measured the progression of the disease in their joints.
