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Baozhong Yang1, Wei Wei1,2, Jun Fang1,2
1Department of Anaesthesiology, Taiyuan Central Hospital, Taiyuan, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
More than half of people with diabetes experience neuropathic pain. Previous research has shown that diabetes patients' neuropathic pain exhibits a circadian cycle, which is characterized by increased pain sensitivity at night. Additional clinical research has revealed that the standard opioid drugs are ineffective at relieving pain and do not change the circadian rhythm. This article describes diabetic neuropathic pain and circadian rhythms separately, with a comprehensive focus on circadian rhythms. It is hoped that this characteristic of diabetic neuropathic pain can be utilized in the future to obtain more effective treatments for it.
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