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A Comprehensive Review of Rapid-Onset Opioids for Breakthrough Pain

Breakthrough pain (BTP) is a transitory pain (reaching maximum severity in ∼15 minutes and lasting ∼60 minutes in patients with cancer) that occurs despite the management of chronic pain with long-term around-the-clock analgesia. BTP occurs in 33–65% of patients with chronic cancer pain and in ∼70%...

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Autor principal: Smith, Howard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3625411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22668247
http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/11630580-000000000-00000