Morphine-6-glucuronide: Morphine's successor for postoperative pain relief?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1789-1797

  Van Dorp, Eveline L A ^a   Romberg, Raymonda ^a   Sarton, Elise ^a   Bovill, James G ^a   Dahan, Albert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; FENTANYL; GLYCOPROTEIN P; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 GLUCURONIDE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 2; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHARMACOGENETICS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMNOLENCE; URINARY EXCRETION; VOMITING;

EID: 33744460724     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000217197.96784.c3     Document Type: Review

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