The safety of meperidine prescribing in older adults: A longitudinal population-based study

BACKGROUND: Meperidine (pethidine) is an opioid analgesic that offers little advantage relative to other opioids and several disadvantages including limited potency, short duration of action, and the production of a neurotoxic metabolite (normeperidine) with a long half-life. Older adults are more s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Friesen, Kevin J., Falk, Jamie, Bugden, Shawn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27170170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0275-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27170170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0275-5

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