What Are Kappa Opiods?

Question by tater1: what are kappa opiods?
some type of pain medications

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Answer by Tin S
Kappa opioids have recently been investigated for their therapeutic potential in the treatment of addiction[37] and evidence points towards dynorphin, the endogenous kappa agonist, to be the body’s natural addiction control mechanism.[38] Childhood stress/abuse is a well known predictor of drug abuse and is reflected in alterations of the mu and kappa opioid systems.[39] In experimental “addiction” models the Kappa-opioid receptor has also been shown to influence stress-induced relapse to drug seeking behavior. For the drug dependent individual, risk of relapse is a major obstacle to becoming drug free. Recent reports demonstrated that Kappa-opioid receptors are required for stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking.[40][41]

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