Provision of pain- and symptom-relieving drugs for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-415

  Harding, Richard ^a   Powell, Richard A ^b   Kiyange, Fatia ^b   Downing, Julia ^b   Mwangi Powell, Faith ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; drug availability; HIV; pain; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CODEINE; CODYDRAMOL; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DIHYDROCODEINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PHENOTHIAZINE; PHENYTOIN; STEROID; TILIDINE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALDECOXIB; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NIGERIA; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY; RWANDA; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 77956399555     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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