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Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia in a Cancer Patient on High-Dose Methadone Maintenance Therapy: A Case for Subspecialty Opioid Use Disorder Primary Care

As opioid use disorder (OUD) reaches epidemic levels in the United States, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) plays a central role in its treatment. Methadone, a long-acting mu-opioid receptor agonist has been shown to be effective in managing OUD. It is also known that chronic opioid therapy may h...

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Autores principales: Ezeh, Ebubechukwu, Singh, Davinder, Dobariya, Varun, Akhigbe, Esiemoghie J, Gilkerson, Christine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7837638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33520540
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12345