Methadone: A Closer Look at the Controversy

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Gaertner, Jan ^a   Voltz, Raymond ^a   Ostgathe, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CYTOCHROME P450; METHADONE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANOREXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENANTIOMER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; LETTER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NAUSEA; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRURITUS; QT PROLONGATION; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; METHADONE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 47549100210     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.04.007     Document Type: Letter

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