Opioid Equivalencies and Conversions
Opioid equianalgesic dosing chart used for interchanging between drug, route of administration, or both.
Opioid equianalgesic dosing chart used for interchanging between drug, route of administration, or both.
A discussion on the genetic influence of single nucleotide polymorphisms on cancer pain and their potential to assist pain management in patients with cancer.
Expertise in the use of nonpharmacologic pain management techniques and therapies allow masters-prepared social workers to be an integral member of a multidisciplinary cancer care team.
A new analysis of men in the CARD study showed that cabazitaxel improved pain response and decreased the likelihood of pain progression compared with either abiraterone or enzalutamide.
Strontium89 (Strontium Chloride Sr-89 injection), a radiopharmaceutical indicated for the relief of bone pain in patients with painful skeletal metastases, has been made available by Q BioMed.
Investigators at UCSD sought to create a tool to help clinicians predict patients’ risk of persistent opioid use after treatment.
Cancer survivors have a high prevalence of chronic pain.
The proportion of participants with cancer who used marijuana increased 118% from the period of 2005 to 2014.
CDC guidelines published in 2016 on prescribing opioids for chronic pain prompted questions regarding their application to patients with cancer and sickle cell anemia.
Cancer patients more likely to use sublingual tincture form; noncancer patients often use vaporization form