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Alpha-2 Agonists

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Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists have various applications in the different fields of medicine, one of which is pain management. They play a role at the central and peripheral levels to provide analgesia. Their use has been established through various routes to provide analgesia.

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  1. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Mayfield Heights, OH, USA

    Moheb Gohar

  2. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Samantha Stamper

  3. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Solon, OH, USA

    Ehab Farag

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Gohar, M., Stamper, S., Farag, E. (2019). Alpha-2 Agonists. In: Abd-Elsayed, A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_65

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