Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: Tailoring therapy to fit the patient and the pain

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 37-44

  Antoin, Hussam ^a   Beasley, Ralph D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; METHADONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; ORAMORP SR; OXYCODONE;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTIPATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LONG TERM CARE; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

EID: 4644326691     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2004.09.1581     Document Type: Conference Paper

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