Opioids and the Management of Chronic Severe Pain in the Elderly: Consensus Statement of an International Expert Panel with Focus on the Six Clinically Most Often Used World Health Organization step…
By J. Pergolizzi, R. Böger, K. Budd, A. Dahan, S. Erdine, G. Hans, H. Kress, R. Langford, R. Likar, R. Raffa and 1 more. Pain Practice, 2008
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Subfields: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- Regulation of µ-Opioid Receptors: Desensitization, Phosphorylation, Internalization, and Tolerance (2013, background): “Methadone and buprenorphine have longlasting actions in humans, a property that has made these drugs favored for use in treating chronic painful conditions and management of opioid dependence (Pergolizzi et al., 2008).”
- Guidance on the management of pain in older people. (2013, background): “Use of strong opioids in the management of chronic, severe cancer and non-cancer pain in older people has been reviewed [107].”
- The Link between Depression and Chronic Pain: Neural Mechanisms in the Brain (2017, background): “Because its pharmacokinetics is not influenced by age and renal function, buprenorphine can be used for the middle-aged and the elderly who suffer from refractory depression [71].”