Chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain in older adults: Clinical issues and opioid intervention

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 937, 2003, Pages 627-633

  Podichetty, V K ^a   Mazanec, D J ^b   Biscup, R S ^b  

^a Cleveland Clin FL Spine Institute   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHONDROITIN; CODEINE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSAMINE; IBUPROFEN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; CONSTIPATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGERY; LONG TERM CARE; MASSAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OPIOID INDUCED EMESIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRURITUS; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN;

EID: 0346250149     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.937.627     Document Type: Review

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