Impact of opioid rescue medication for breakthrough pain on the efficacy and tolerability of long-acting opioids in patients with chronic non-malignant pain

BACKGROUND: There is little evidence that short-acting opioids as rescue medication for breakthrough pain is an optimal long-term treatment strategy in chronic non-malignant pain. We compared clinical studies of long-acting opioids that allowed short-acting opioid rescue medication with those that d...

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Autores principales: Devulder, J., Jacobs, A., Richarz, U., Wiggett, H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2009
Materias:
Pain
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19736216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bja/aep253

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19736216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bja/aep253

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