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- noun An
analgesic drug used for theamelioration ofsevere andchronic pain .
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Examples
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In 2000, just when he was ready to give up on finding relief, Pearson's doctor told him about a clinical trial for a new drug called ziconotide (brand name: Prialt).
PHARMACY ISLAND 2007
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These are calcium channels that are on nerves that conduct pain signals, and it's a validated central nervous system target in that there is an existing medication called Prialt ziconotide, which is only available for direct injection into the brain, that blocks these receptors.
Zalicus Poised for Reversal With Pending Catalyst -- Seeking Alpha 2010
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It developed Prialt (ziconotide), a non-opioid pain killer that blocks N-type calcium channels.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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It took a quarter of a century to produce a synthetic version of the compound, which serves as the basis of the new drug Prialt ziconotide.
Speedlinking 8/9/07 William Harryman 2007
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The only conotoxin-derived drug approved for human use is ziconotide.
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Cone shells contain therapeutically useful peptides including the conotoxins, and one such peptide, ziconotide, has been approved.
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Apparently, the same data on Elan's pain medication Prialt (ziconotide) was published twice.
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