What analgesics do older people use prior to initiating oxycodone for non-cancer pain? A retrospective database study

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 921-926

  Gadzhanova, Svetla ^a   Bell, J Simon ^a,b   Roughead, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONCANCER PAIN; PAIN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE FACILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYCODONE; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84886543000     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-013-0115-7     Document Type: Article

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