Hydrocodone: Does it have a role in palliative care?

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-299

  Prommer, Eric ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase; Dyspnea; Hydrocodone; Opioids; Pain

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; CYTOCHROME P450; DRUG METABOLITE; HOMATROPINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST MILK; BREATHING; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MIXED HEARING LOSS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG COSTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957309788     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2010.0027     Document Type: Review

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