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Toward a systematic approach to opioid rotation

Patients requiring chronic opioid therapy may not respond to or tolerate the first opioid prescribed to them, necessitating rotation to another opioid. They may also require dose increases for a number of reasons, including worsening disease and increased pain. Dose escalation to restore analgesia u...

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Autores principales: Smith, Howard S, Peppin, John F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25378948
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S55782