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Prescribing and administration of opioid analgesics in residents of aged care facilities

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2019
Objective: Optimal pain management in residents requires an understanding of prescribing and administration of opioid analgesics. This study aimed to describe opioid administration for elderly residents in a selection of aged care facilities.
Areej Numan Hussein, Lynne Emmerton
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Analgesic effectiveness and tolerability of oral oxycodone/naloxone and pregabalin in patients with lung cancer and neuropathic pain. An observational analysis [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Cancer-related pain has a severe negative impact on quality of life. Combination analgesic therapy with oxycodone and pregabalin is effective for treating neuropathic cancer pain.
Borghesi, Cristina, De Santis, Stefano, Fulvi, Alberto, Giovannoni, Daniele, Marcassa, Claudio, Migliorino, Maria Rita, Ricciardi, Serena   +6 more
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Trends and characteristics of accidental and intentional codeine overdose deaths in Australia [PDF]

, 2015
Examines trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and toxicological characteristics of codeine-related deaths. Abstract Objectives: To examine trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and ...
Amanda Roxburgh, Eva Saar, Jennifer Pilgrim, Louisa Degenhardt, Lucinda Burns, Suzanne Nielsen, Wayne D Hall   +6 more
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Administration of Tramadol or Buprenorphine via the drinking water for post-operative analgesia in a mouse-osteotomy model [PDF]

, 2019
Adequate analgesia is essential whenever pain might occur in animal experiments. Unfortunately, the selection of suitable analgesics for mice in bone-linked models is limited. Here, we evaluated two analgesics - Tramadol [0.1 mg/ml (Tlow) vs.
Buttgereit, Frank, Durst, Mattea, Jirkof, Paulin, Klopfleisch, Robert, Lang, Annemarie, Palme, Rupert, Schmidt-Bleek, Katharina, Thöne-Reineke, Christa   +7 more
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Predictors of shortages of opioid analgesics in the US: Are the characteristics of the drug company the missing puzzle piece?

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundShortages of opioid analgesics are increasingly common, interfere with patient care and increase healthcare cost. This study characterized the incidence of shortages of opioid analgesics in the period 2015-2019 and evaluated potential ...
Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, Mahim Naveed, Enrique Seoane-Vazquez   +2 more
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Pharmacogenetics of analgesic drugs [PDF]

, 2013
• Individual variability in pain perception and differences in the efficacy of analgesic drugs are complex phenomena and are partly genetically predetermined.
Branford, R, Cregg, R, Gubbay, A, Russo, G, Sato, H   +4 more
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Pain outcomes in patients with bone metastases from advanced cancer: assessment and management with bone-targeting agents [PDF]

, 2014
Bone metastases in advanced cancer frequently cause painful complications that impair patient physical activity and negatively affect quality of life. Pain is often underreported and poorly managed in these patients.
A Kretzschmar, A Mañas, A Wardley, AT Stopeck, C Langer, C Logothetis, Charles S. Cleeland, CI Ripamonti, CJ Logothetis, CS Cleeland, CS Cleeland, D Henry, D Patrick, DH Henry, DL Patrick, Donald L. Patrick, DS Ernst, E Basch, E Chow, F Saad, F Saad, G Apolone, G Cartenì, G Storto, GN Hortobagyi, GN Hortobagyi, HI Scher, JJ Body, JJ Body, K Altundag, K Fizazi, K Harris, Katarina Öhrling, KC Chung, KP Weinfurt, KP Weinfurt, L Atahan, L Costa, L Fallowfield, Lesley Fallowfield, LS Matza, LS Rosen, LS Rosen, LS Rosen, M Huisman, M Martin, M Tomblyn, MG Lam, MJ Fisch, N Kohno, N Takeda, P Hoskin, P Hoskin, R Moos von, R Moos von, Rachel Wei, RE Coleman, RE Coleman, RE Coleman, RH Dworkin, RL Theriault, Roger von Moos, S Deandrea, S Nilsson, S Vadhan-Raj, SD Mathias, T Kijima, V Vassiliou, V Vassiliou, Yi Qian   +69 more
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury

, 2022
Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana, Iris Liou, Adrian Reuben, Ayako Suzuki, M. Isabel Fiel, William Lee, Victor Navarro   +6 more
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Individual and county-level factors associated with use of multiple prescribers and multiple pharmacies to obtain opioid prescriptions in California. [PDF]

, 2012
Use of multiple prescribers and pharmacies is a means by which some individuals misuse opioids. Community characteristics may be important determinants of the likelihood of this phenomenon independent of individual-level factors. This was a retrospective
Han, Huijun, Kass, Philip, Li, Chin-Shang, Wilsey, Barth   +3 more
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Analgesic use among the Brazilian population: Results from the National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines (PNAUM).

PLoS ONE, 2019
PurposeTo estimate the prevalence of use of analgesics in Brazil; and to characterize this use, according to sociodemographic and health-related characteristics.MethodsA cross-sectional population-based study (National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion
Tatiane da Silva Dal Pizzol, Andréia Turmina Fontanella, Maria Beatriz Cardoso Ferreira, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi, Rogerio Boff Borges, Sotero Serrate Mengue   +5 more
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