Effects of oral treatment with sustained release morphine tablets on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-273

  Palm, Sebastian ^a   Moenig, Heiner ^a   Maier, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal axis; Chronic pain; Cortisol; Hypothalamic; Morphine; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; STRESS; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030787441     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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