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Phosphorylation-deficient G-protein-biased μ-opioid receptors improve analgesia and diminish tolerance but worsen opioid side effects

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Tolerance and other side effects are important limitations to the use of opioids as analgesics. In this study, the authors generated mice lacking phosphorylation sites on the µ-opioid receptor to assess their contribution to the analgesic, tolerance and ...
A. Kliewer   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐Term Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study From the Veterans Health Administration

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of long‐term opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed long‐term opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of a Mandatory Prescription Drug Monitoring Program on Prescription of Opioid Analgesics by Dentists. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) are statewide databases that collect data on prescription of controlled substances. New York State mandates prescribers to consult the PDMP registry before prescribing a controlled substance such as opioid ...
Linda Rasubala   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Postoperative pain management in children: Guidance from the pain committee of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA Pain Management Ladder Initiative) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The main remit of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA) Pain Committee is to improve the quality of pain management in children. The ESPA Pain Management Ladder is a clinical practice advisory based upon expert consensus to help to ...
Adamek   +196 more
core   +1 more source

Temporal trends in and associations with nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug prescription in adult and pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Recent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment guidelines have recommended against NSAID use despite prevalent musculoskeletal symptoms and opioid overuse in this population. Given the discordance between changing national guidelines and potential clinical utility, we sought to assess national temporal trends in prescription NSAID and ...
Adam S. Mayer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opioid analgesics for chronic noncancer pain in patients prescribed opioid agonist therapy or with opioid use disorder: A systematic review

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Pain
Background Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a growing public health concern in North America, often coexisting with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). Managing both conditions presents unique challenges, highlighting the need for evidence to guide decision ...
Vahid Ashoorion   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Promotion of access to essential medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases: Practical implications of the UN Political Declaration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Access to medicines and vaccines to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is unacceptably low worldwide. In the 2011 UN political declaration on the prevention and control of NCDs, heads of government made several commitments related to ...
Abdraimova   +60 more
core   +3 more sources

Testing A Personalized Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Veterans

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to test the efficacy of personalized treatment of older Veterans with chronic low back pain (CLBP) delivered by Aging Back Clinics (ABC) as compared with usual care (UC). Methods Two hundred ninety‐nine Veterans age 65‐89 with CLBP from 3 VA medical centers underwent baseline testing, randomization to ABC or UC and 12 months follow ...
Debra K. Weiner   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opioid Analgesics in the Management of Neuropathic Pain

open access: yesPain Research and Management, 2000
The role of antidepressants and anticonvulsants in the management of neuropathic pain has been well established. However, up to 50% of patients obtain inadequate pain relief with the use of either or both of these agents; in this subpopulation, an opioid
Dwight Moulin
doaj   +1 more source

Management of pain treatment in the early postoperative period. Practice of using ketorolac. A clinical case

open access: yesМедицина болю, 2020
The current strategy of rational perioperative analgesia involves reducing the use of opioid analgesics and preventing associated side effects. Today it is known that the use of opioid analgesics can further lead to the development of hyperalgesia ...
Dmytro Dmytriiev   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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