Principles of pain management in the elderly

U.S. Pharmacist

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Brown, Dana A ^a  

^a PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BISACODYL; CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; HYDROCODONE; INDOMETACIN; ISPAGULA; KETOROLAC; LAXATIVE; LISINOPRIL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; METHYLCELLULOSE; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NAPROXEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXAPROZIN; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PIROXICAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 47749110961     PISSN: 01484818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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