Opioid Therapy and Sleep Disorders: Risks and Mitigation Strategies

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages S22-S26

  Cheatle, Martin D ^a   Webster, Lynn R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRA HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain; Methadone; Opioid Therapy; Sleep Disordered Breathing

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REM SLEEP; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMANS; METHADONE; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 84944069767     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12910     Document Type: Article

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