RT Book, Section
A1 Webster, Lynn R.
A2 Bajwa, Zahid H.
A2 Wootton, R. Joshua
A2 Warfield, Carol A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1131936848
T1 Novel Opioid Formulations
T2 Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071766838
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131936848
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  medical  profession  recognizes  the  clinical  value  of  prescribed  opioids  in  treating  noncancer  pain  that  is  persistent  and  recalcitrant  to  other  therapies.1  However,  the  clinical  benefit  of  conventional  opioid  formulations  falls  short  of  the  need.  Although  analgesia  from  opioids  is  often  limited  to  a  subset  of  patients  who  achieve  benefit,  long-term  analgesic  efficacy  is  uncertain,  and  discontinuation  of  therapy  due  to  adverse  events  or  inadequate  analgesia  is  common.2