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Guide to prescribing in today's management of severe pain
Author(s) -
Campbell William
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.951
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , opioid , chronic pain , pain management , pain ladder , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , anesthesia , physical therapy , pharmacology , receptor , pathology
Opioids are widely used in severe pain and should not be withheld in chronic noncancer pain. Our Drug review discusses the properties of the available opioid analgesics and how and when to prescribe, followed by an analysis of the prescription data and sources of further information.