Use of methadone for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 485-487

  Hays, Lewis ^a,b   Reid, Coleen ^a   Doran, Michelle ^a   Geary, Karyn ^a  

^a Hospice N Shore Palliative Care C   (United States)

^b Palliative Care Consult Serv H   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYTOCHROME P450; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; LISINOPRIL; METHADONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN; OXYCODONE; PREDNISONE; SEROTONIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INHALER; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHANTOM PAIN; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SENNA; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE;

EID: 12844254909     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.2.485     Document Type: Note

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