Experiences of patients requiring strong opioid drugs for chronic non-cancer pain: A patient-initiated study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 535, 2007, Pages 101-109

  Blake, Sue ^a   Ruel, Brian ^a   Seamark, Clare ^a   Seamark, David ^a  

^a Honiton Group Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Opioids; Primary healthcare; Quanlitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; DUROGESIC DTRANS; FENTANYL; LAXATIVE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOMORPH;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAT SENSATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAUSEA; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33846949720     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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