Assessment of dosing frequency of sustained-release opioid preparations in patients with chronic nonmalignant pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-74

  Gallagher, Rollin M ^a,b   Welz Bosna, Maripat ^a   Gammaitoni, Arnold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain; Daily Dosing; Long Acting; Opioid; Prospective Study

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LONG ACTING DRUG; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; RADICULOPATHY; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

EID: 33846339442     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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