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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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TREATMENT OF PAIN IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS [PDF]

Journal of IMAB, 2016
The article clarifies that pain is a multidimensional phenomenon both in adults and children. The authors reviewed the literature and surveyed the clinical data on the management of pain in pediatric patients. The conclusion was made that pain management
Nikolay Yanev, Mila Vlaskovska
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Phosphorylation-deficient G-protein-biased μ-opioid receptors improve analgesia and diminish tolerance but worsen opioid side effects

Nature 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, F. Schmiedel, S. Sianati, A. Bailey, J. T. Bateman, E. S. Levitt, J. T. Williams, M. J. Christie, S. Schulz   +8 more
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Chronic Pain in Parkinson’s Disease: Prevalence, Sex Differences, Regional Anatomy and Comorbidities

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Chronic pain affected 66.2% of 10,631 individuals with Parkinson's disease, with higher prevalence and severity in females. Pain most often involved the buttocks, lower back, neck, and knees, and was linked to depression, sleep disorders, and osteoarthritis.
Natalia S. Ogonowski, Freddy Chafota, Fangyuan Cao, Amanda Wei Yin Lim, Victor Flores‐Ocampo, Santiago Díaz‐Torres, Zuriel Ceja, Luis M. García‐Marín, Scott F. Farrell, Kishore R. Kumar, Jane Alty, George D. Mellick, Trung Thành Ngô, Miguel E. Rentería   +13 more
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Impact of a Mandatory Prescription Drug Monitoring Program on Prescription of Opioid Analgesics by Dentists. [PDF]

PLoS 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, Lavanya Pernapati, Ximena Velasquez, James Burk, Yan-Fang Ren   +4 more
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Opioid peptide-derived analgesics [PDF]

The AAPS Journal, 2005
Two recent developments of opioid peptide-based analgesics are reviewed. The first part of the review discusses the dermorphin-derived, cationic-aromatic tetrapeptide H-Dmt-D-Arg-Phe-Lys-NH(2) ([Dmt(1)]DALDA, where Dmt indicates 2',6'-dimethyltyrosine), which showed subnanomolar mu receptor binding affinity, extraordinary mu receptor selectivity, and ...
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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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Chronic Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study from the Veteran's Health Administration

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of chronic 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 chronic opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget, Bryant R. England, Punyasha Roul, Harlan Sayles, Tuhina Neogi, James R. O'Dell, Joshua F. Baker, Ted R. Mikuls   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combination opioid analgesics

Acute Pain, 2008
Although there is no “ideal analgesic,” scientists and clinicians alike continue to search for compounds with qualities which may approach the “ideal analgesic.” Characteristics of an “ideal” analgesic may include: the agent is a full agonist providing optimal/maximal analgesia for a wide range/variety of pain states (e.g., broad spectrum analgesic ...
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Trends in long-term prescribing of dependence forming medicines [PDF]

, 2019
Using patient-level primary care data to estimate the extent to which antidepressant medicines are prescribed to people continuously for long periods of time.
McManus, S., Nguyen, A., Sehmi, R., Smith, N.   +3 more
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