Opioids for persistent non-cancer pain

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7484, 2005, Pages 156-157

  Kalso, Eija ^a,b  

^a Dept of Pain Res and Management ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 12444275556     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7484.156     Document Type: Editorial

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