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Switching from morphine to oral methadone in treating cancer pain: what is the equianalgesic dose ratio?

PURPOSE: To define the dose ratio between morphine and methadone in relation to the previous morphine dose and the number of days needed to achieve the same level of analgesia in a group of patients with advanced cancer with pain who switched from…

Systemic lidocaine for neuropathic pain relief

The effectiveness of systemic lidocaine in relieving acute and chronic pain has been recognized for over 35 years. In particular, systemic lidocaine has been utilized both as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for intractable neuropathic pain during…

Tags: 2000, Administration, Analgesics/administration & dosage/diagnostic use/therapeutic use, Animals, Backlog, Chen LL, Humans, Journal Article, Lidocaine/administration & dosage/diagnostic use/therapeutic use, Mao J, Mexiletine/therapeutic use, Neuralgia/drug therapy/metabolism, Oral, P.H.S., Pain, Research Support, Sodium Channel Blockers, U.S. Gov't

The decision to use topical anesthetic for intravenous insertion in the pediatric emergency department

OBJECTIVES: Topical anesthetic creams to reduce the pain of intravenous (IV) placement may be more effectively used in the emergency setting if they are applied by nurses in the triage area of the emergency department or soon after the patient is…

The use of oral methadone to control moderate and severe pain in children and young adults with malignancy

Twenty-two courses of oral methadone were given to control moderate or severe pain in 19 children with cancer. Of these, 21 courses gave adequate pain control for periods of 5 to 267 days (median 24 days). In 16 courses, methadone was continued until…

Tags: 1986, Administration, Adolescent, Backlog, Child, Journal Article, Methadone, Miser AW, Miser JS, Neoplasms, Oral, Pain, The Clinical Journal Of Pain

Topical and peripherally acting analgesics

Acute nociceptive, inflammatory, and neuropathic pain all depend to some degree on the peripheral activation of primary sensory afferent neurons. The localized peripheral administration of drugs, such as by topical application, can potentially…

Tags: 2003, Administration, Afferent/drug effects/metabolism/physiology, Analgesics/administration & dosage/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Animals, Backlog, Humans, Journal Article, Neurons, Nociceptors/metabolism/physiology, Non-U.S. Gov't, Pain/drug therapy/metabolism/physiopathology, Peripheral Nervous System/drug effects, Pharmacological Reviews, Research Support, Sawynok J, Signal Transduction/drug effects/physiology, Topical

Transdermal fentanyl for pain relief in a paediatric palliative care population

This multicentre, observational study examined the efficacy of the therapeutic transdermal fentanyl system (TTS-fentanyl) in children requiring opioids for pain in life-threatening disease. Forty-one children receiving oral morphine (median dose 60…

Transdermal fentanyl in the management of children with chronic severe pain: results from an international study

BACKGROUND: The current study was conducted to assess the safety and tolerability of a transdermal fentanyl delivery system for the relief of chronic pain in a pediatric population, and also to validate titration recommendations and conversion to…

Transdermal fentanyl: clinical pharmacology

The transdermal therapeutic system (TTS) fentanyl has been designed for rate-controlled drug delivery. It provides a convenient regimen for the use of a drug previously limited by a short duration of action and a noninvasive parenteral route for a…

Tags: 1992, Administration, Backlog, Cutaneous, Fentanyl/administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/pharmacology, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Lehmann KA, Zech D

Trends in the use of opioids at the end of life and the expected effects on hastening death

The aim of our study was to describe trends in opioid use and perceptions of having hastened the end of life of a patient. In 2005, a questionnaire was sent to 6860 physicians in The Netherlands who had attended a death. The response rate was 78%. In…

Use of melatonin in the treatment of paediatric sleep disorders

A group of Vancouver health professionals, including the authors, have studied the use of oral melatonin in the treatment of chronic sleep disorders in children with disabilities since the Fall of 1991. This review article is based on the first 100…

Tags: 1996, Administration, Adolescence, Adult, Backlog, Child, Chronic Disease, Disabled Persons, Human, Infant, Jan JE, Journal Article, Journal Of Pineal Research, Melatonin/ae [Adverse Effects], Melatonin/tu [Therapeutic Use], O'Donnell ME, Oral, Preschool, Sleep Disorders/dt [Drug Therapy]

Utilizing an oral sucrose solution to minimize neonatal pain

ISSUES AND PURPOSE: To present an evidence-based practice protocol for oral sucrose administration to minimize neonatal procedural pain. CONCLUSION: Examination of published research may provide additional modalities to expand an established…

Weaving for the future: using rulers and roses

2001

Tags: 2001, Administration, Backlog, Biomedical, Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Davies B, Evidence-based Medicine, Forecasting, Humans, Journal Article, Leadership, Models, Nurse's Role, Nursing, Nursing Process, Nursing Research/organization &, Oncologic Nursing/education/organization &, Organizational Objectives, Technology Assessment

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