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Opioid rotation with extended-release opioids: where should we begin?

Opioid rotation is a common and necessary clinical practice in the management of chronic non-cancer pain to improve therapeutic efficacy with the lowest opioid dose. When dose escalations fail to achieve adequate analgesia or are associated with intolerable side effects, a trial of a new opioid shou...

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Autor principal: Nalamachu, Srinivas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22259256
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S24287