Methadone maintenance patients are cross-tolerant to the antinociceptive effects of very high plasma morphine concentrations

Pain

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-275

  Athanasos, Peter ^a   Smith, Charlotte S ^a   White, Jason M ^a   Somogyi, Andrew A ^a,b   Bochner, Felix ^a,b   Ling, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Cold pressor test; Cross tolerance; Hyperalgesia; Methadone maintenance treatment; Plasma morphine

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31644449011     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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