Opioids for chronic noncancer pain in the elderly: An osteoarthritis case

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 907-911

  Karras, Beverley ^a   McKee, Nora ^a   Regier, Loren ^b   Stone, Shannon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Saskatoon City Hospital   (Canada)

^c RxFiles Academic Detailing Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMIODARONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CODEINE; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; DILTIAZEM; DULOXETINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FENTANYL; FLUOXETINE; GLUCOSAMINE; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; ITRACONAZOLE; JURNISTA; M ESLON; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; RITONAVIR; ROPINIROLE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSTIPATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAPEFRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SOMNOLENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORPHINE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 80051735129     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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