A randomized, double-blind, double-dummy comparison of short- and long-acting dihydrocodeine in chronic non-malignant pain

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 881-888

  Pedersen, Line ^a,b,c   Borchgrevink, Petter Christian ^a,b,d   Breivik, Harald Petter ^e   Fredheim, Olav Magnus Søndenå ^a,b,e  

^a National Competence Centre for Complex Symptom Disorders Eirik Jarls Gate 10   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Sørlandet Hospital Hf   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic non malignant pain; Dihydrocodeine; Long acting opioids; Randomized controlled trial; Short acting opioids

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCODAMOL; CODEINE; DHC CONTINUS; DIHYDROCODEINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PINEX FORTE; PLACEBO; SHORT ACTING DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORMULATION; LOSS OF APPETITE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PELVIC PAIN; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SLEEP; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; TABLET FORMULATION; XEROSTOMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; CODEINE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898601071     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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