Abstract:Pain is the main symptom of arthritis. Microneedling is a new method of transdermal drug delivery that relives the pain in arthritis according to the mechanisms of pain in arthritis. This paper provides a review of the mechanisms of pain in arthritis and the use of different types of microneedles (MNs) in pain relief in arthritis. The mechanism of pain in arthritis is primarily a joint tissue lesion that causes the release of inflammatory factors by pro-inflammatory cells, resulting in pain. MNs can carry vari… Show more
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