Prophylactic High-Dose Gabapentin Reduces Opiate Use during Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer often develop painful mouth sores caused by inflammation called oral mucositis. The use of prophylactic gabapentin to reduce pain and opioid use during treatment in this population is controversial. To investigate this further...

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Autores principales: Qiu, Michelle L., Iovoli, Austin J., Khan, Michael, Farrugia, Mark K., Ma, Sung Jun, Singh, Anurag K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10093545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37046669
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers15072003

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10093545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37046669
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers15072003

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