Ziconotide
Category: Pain ReliefZiconotide Overview
Ziconotide (SNX–111; Prialt) is an atypical analgesic agent for the amelioration of severe and chronic pain. Derived from Conus magus, a cone snail, it is the synthetic form of an ω-conotoxin peptide.[1] It is 1,000 times as powerful as morphine.[2] In December 2004 the Food and Drug Administration approved ziconotide when delivered as an infusion into the cerebrospinal fluid using an intrathecal pump system. Contents 1 Discovery 2 Mechanism of...
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Is anyone taking this ziconotide ? What side effects do you have? ## Hello, Lucille! How are you? What side effects are you experiencing? The FDA lists its typical side effects as possibly including dizziness, nausea, confusion, headache, weakness, abnormal vision, depression, fever, rigors, sinusitis and muscle spasms.
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Is anyone taking this ziconotide ? What side effects do you have? ## Hello, Lucille! How are you? What side effects are you experiencing? The FDA lists its typical side effects as possibly including dizziness, nausea, confusion, headache, weakness, abnormal vision, depression, fever, rigors, sinusitis and muscle spasms.
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Ziconotide
- Injection: 100mcg/1ml (100mcg/ml), 100mcg/ml, 100ugm/1ml (100ugm/ml), 100ugm/1ml(100mg/ml), 100ugm/1ml(100ugm/ml), 200mcg/2ml (100mcg/ml), 200ugm/2ml (100mg/ml), 25mcg/ml, 500mcg/20ml (25mcg/ml), 500mcg/5ml (100mcg/ml), 500ugm/20ml (25ugm/ml), 500ugm/20ml(25mg/ml), 500ugm/20ml(25ugm/ml), 500ugm/5ml (100ugm/ml), 500ugm/5ml(100mg/ml), 500ugm/5ml(100ugm/ml)
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ziconotide in intrathecal pain pump
Is anyone taking this ziconotide ? What side effects do you have? ## Hello, Lucille! How are you? What side effects are ... 1 reply
Is anyone taking this ziconotide ? What side effects do you have? ## Hello, Lucille! How are you? What side effects are ... 1 reply