The cognitive effects of opioids in chronic non-cancer pain

Pain

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Kendall, Sally Elizabeth ^a,b   Sjøgren, Per ^a   Pimenta, Cibele Andrucioli De Mattos ^c,d   Højsted, Jette ^a   Kurita, Geana Paula ^a,c,d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Food Research Center (FoRC)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; DIHYDROMORPHINE; FENTANYL; KETOBEMIDONE; LEVORPHANOL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; TRAMADOL;

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; HUMANS; PAIN;

EID: 77955307415     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.05.012     Document Type: Review

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