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Refractory dependence on opioid analgesics

Pain, 2019
In the present article, we argue that individuals with chronic pain on chronic opioids can develop a complex refractory dependence syndrome which we define here as Opioid Dependence. We further argue that Opioid Dependence is equivalent to the withdrawal/
Jane C. Ballantyne   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Benzodiazepine prescribing patterns and deaths from drug overdose among US veterans receiving opioid analgesics: case-cohort study

open access: yesBMJ, The, 2015
Objective To study the association between benzodiazepine prescribing patterns including dose, type, and dosing schedule and the risk of death from drug overdose among US veterans receiving opioid analgesics. Design Case-cohort study.
Tae Woo Park   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Opioid and non-opioid analgesics

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, 2003
Opioids are the most potent analgesics. Toxicity results either from effects mediated by variation in affinity and intrinsic efficacy at specific opioid receptors or, rarely, from a direct toxic effect of the drugs. For some adverse effects, opioids exhibit a 'dual pharmacology' whereby these effects are usually observed only in pain-free individuals ...
Gail Gillespie   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Opioid Analgesics

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2000
Opioids are useful and potent drugs for the management of pain in small animal patients. They have a wide therapeutic index and can be given by a number of different routes. Some of these techniques (e.g., epidural and intraarticular) allow for the production of profound analgesia in a localized area of the body while limiting the dose and the side ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Non-opioid analgesics

Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, 2011
Abstract When it was first discovered in the 1500s, opium was heralded as the most potent analgesic. The Latin name for morphine tincture, laudanum (to praise), illustrates the high regard in which it was held. The many adverse effects associated with its use (now attributed to non-specific opioid receptor cross-activation between subtypes ...
David G. Lambert   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Perspectives on cannabis as a substitute for opioid analgesics.

Pain Management, 2019
With the opioid epidemic reaching new heights in the USA, it has become critical to find suitable alternatives to opioids. Cannabis, an antinociceptive, is a strong contender to help patients reduce their opioid usage.
Sara P Khan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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