Short-Acting Opioids Are Associated with Comparable Analgesia to Long-Acting Opioids in Patients with Chronic Osteoarthritis with a Reduced Opioid Equivalence Dosing | Zendy

Ameer Ghodke | Zendy; Stephanie Barquero | Zendy; Paul R. Chelminski | Zendy; Timothy J. Ives | Zendy

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Short-Acting Opioids Are Associated with Comparable Analgesia to Long-Acting Opioids in Patients with Chronic Osteoarthritis with a Reduced Opioid Equivalence Dosing

Author(s) -

Ameer Ghodke,

Stephanie Barquero,

Paul R. Chelminski,

Timothy J. Ives

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx245

Subject(s) - medicine , dosing , opioid , anesthesia , osteoarthritis , chronic pain , pharmacology , physical therapy , receptor , alternative medicine , pathology

There are no studies that exist within the primary care setting that address optimal opioid therapy in osteoarthritis patients. In light of the recently released US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on opioid use in chronic noncancer pain, there is a pressing need to better characterize the effectiveness of long- and short-acting opioids.

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