Drinking to Ease Chronic Pain Ultimately Makes It Worse

In the alcohol-dependent mice, allodynia (in which a harmless stimulus is perceived weed paws timeline as painful) developed during alcohol withdrawal, and subsequent alcohol intake significantly decreased pain sensitivity. Separately, about half of the mice that were not dependent on alcohol also showed signs of increased pain sensitivity during withdrawal, but unlike the dependent mice, …

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