Depression, night terrors, and insomnia associated with long-term intrathecal clonidine therapy

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-38

  Bevacqua, Brian K ^a   Fattouh, Maher ^a   Backonja, Misha ^b  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Night terrors

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; OPIATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NIGHTMARE;

AGED; ANALGESICS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CATHETERIZATION; CLONIDINE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURITIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846971243     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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