Methadone treatment of chronic non-malignant pain and opioid dependence - A long-term follow-up

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-

  Rhodin, A ^a,b   Gronbladh L ^b   Nilsson, L H ^b   Gordh, T ^a  

^a Intensive Care and Pain Service ^*  (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic opioid addiction; Methadone treatment; Opioid dependence; Opioid side effects; Q T prolongation

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; KETOBEMIDONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWEATING; SWEDEN; THIRST; TITRIMETRY; TORSADE DES POINTES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 32844465494     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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