Genetic factors in pain and pain treatment

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Two people may experience pain very differently, even if they have the same disease or have had the same surgery. How they respond to pain medicines can also be very different. A drug that helps one person may not work for another person. What causes these differences is not known, but genes may play an important role. This project will look for links between certain gene changes and how bad a patient reports his/her pain to be after knee surgery. These results could help doctors find the right pain medication for each patient based on their gene profile.

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