Stereoselective pharmacokinetics of methadone in chronic pain patients

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-227

  Kristensen, Kim ^a   Blemmer, Tine ^c   Angelo, Helle R ^b   Christrup, Lona L ^a   Drenck, Niels E ^c   Rasmussen, Søren N ^a   Sjøgren, Per ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Methadone enantiomers; Opioid; Stereoselective pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0029980977     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-199606000-00001     Document Type: Article

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