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Voluntary warnings and the limits of good prescribing behavior: the case for de-adoption of meperidine
BACKGROUND: Meperidine (pethidine) offers little to no therapeutic advantage over other opioids, may be more prone to abuse, and produces a neurotoxic metabolite with a long half-life. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) issued warnings in 2004 and 2005 suggesting that meperidine be a...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26719721 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S96625 |