Safety profile of prophylactic rescue dosing of immediate-release oral opioids in cancer patients

Safety profile of prophylactic rescue dosing of immediate-release oral opioids in cancer patients

Abstract Background Appropriate prophylactic rescue dosing of opioids is considered effective for cancer pain relief, but no study has reported the safety of such prophylactic rescue. We compared the safety of prophylactic rescue dosing of immediate-release oral opioids with that of regular rescue d...

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Main Authors: Rei Tanaka, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tetsu Sato, Michihiro Shino, Katsuhiro Omae, Tetsumi Sato, Iwao Osaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
Subjects:
Opioid
Rescue dose
Immediate-release opioid
Prophylactic rescue
Morphine
Oxycodone
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40780-018-0121-3

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