Steroids as pain relief adjuvants;Les stéroïdes comme adjuvants pour soulager la douleur

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Vyvey, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROMORPHONE; LIVE VACCINE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TRAZODONE; WARFARIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; APPETITE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE PAIN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE METASTASIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 78650483854     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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