Methadone: Marvelous, malevolent, or merely misunderstood?

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-40

  Martin, Caren McHenry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Analgesia; Elderly; Methadone; Opioid; Pain

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPIN 2 ONE DERIVATIVE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OXYCODONE; SEROTONIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGE; ANALGESIA; ATAXIA; BRADYPNEA; BREATHING; CANCER PAIN; DROWSINESS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EUPHORIA; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; QT INTERVAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLURRED SPEECH; SNORING; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; PROCEDURES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; METHADONE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80051560446     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2011.32     Document Type: Review

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