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Laxatives do not improve symptoms of opioid-induced constipation: results of a patient survey [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Laxatives are commonly used to treat opioid-induced constipation, the commonest and most bothersome complication of opioids. However, laxatives have a non-specific action and do not target underlying mechanisms of opioid-induced ...
Emmanuel, Anton +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 +4 more
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Post-mortem toxicology: A pilot study to evaluate the use of a Bayesian network to assess the likelihood of fatality [PDF]
, 2015 The challenge of interpreting post-mortem drug concentrations is well documented and relies on appropriate sample collection, knowledge of case circumstances as well as reference to published tables of data, whilst taking into account the known issues of
Bolton, Jennifer +3 more
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Pain and Therapy, 2020 Introduction The objective of this systematic review is to reflect on assumptions in relation to codeine use in combination with other analgesics. Methods MEDLINE was searched according to the predetermined keywords and criteria.
Ivan Ćelić +5 more
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Characteristics of drug and dietary supplement inquiries by college athletes. [PDF]
, 2010 BackgroundIn the United States, the National Center for Drug Free Sport manages the drug-testing programs for athletes of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Ambrose, Peter J +3 more
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Effect of codeine on CYP450 isoform activity of rats
Pharmaceutical Biology, 2017 Context: Codeine, also known as 3-methylmorphine, is an opiate used to treat pain, as a cough medicine and for diarrhoea. No study on the effects of codeine on the metabolic capacity of CYP enzyme is reported.
Shuanghu Wang +8 more
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Content of alkaloids in ornamental Papaver somniferum L. cultivars growing in Estonia; pp. 34–39 [PDF]
Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 2017 The alkaloid content in industrial opium poppies (Papaver somniferum L.) has been studied by numerous authors, but not in ornamental cultivars.The aim of the study was to investigate the content of morphine, codeine, and papaverine in P.
Andres Meos, Liis Saks, Ain Raal
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Unexpected Variation of the Codeine/Morphine Ratio Following Fatal Heroin Overdose [PDF]
, 2014 Postmortem samples from 14 cases of suspected heroin overdose were subjected to a preliminary systematic toxicological analysis in order to highlight the presence of unknown exogenous compounds (e.g., drugs of abuse, alcohol) that may have played a ...
Cippitelli M, Gambaro V, Guerrini K
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Jurnal Kedokteran Diponegoro, 2020 Introduction : Paracetamol is an effective analgesic to relieve mild to moderate pain when it is used in therapeutic doses. Codeine is an opioid analgesic to relieve moderate to severe pain. Both are metabolized in the liver and have different mechanisms
Rona Ayu Hanifah +3 more
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Postmortem tissue distribution of morphine and its metabolites in a series of heroin related deaths [PDF]
, 2018 The abuse of heroin (diamorphine) and heroin deaths are growing around the world. The interpretation of the toxicological results from suspected heroin deaths is notoriously difficult especially in cases where there may be limited samples.
Beer, Lewis J. +6 more
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