DepoDur® (extended-release epidural morphine): a review of an old drug in a new vehicle

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-18

  Nagle, Pamela C ^a   Gerancher, J C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DepoDur ; Epidural analgesia; Epidural opioids; Extended release epidural morphine; Pain management; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CHOLESTEROL; DIOLEOLYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; DRUG VEHICLE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; LIPID; LIPOSOME; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENCAPSULATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; INFUSION PUMP; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 34247468922     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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