Efficacy of opioid switching in asian 51-year-old-man with a phenomenon of pharmacokinetics tolerance: case report

Opioid switching is a therapeutic procedure used in pain management as a method to improve analgesic response and/or reduce adverse side effects. The rationale behind opioid substitution is the incomplete cross-tolerance between opioid. We report the case of an asian 51-year-old man with cancer pain...

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Main Authors: Carmelo Costa, Isabella Paladina, Maria del Zompo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publiediting 2012-05-01
Series:Pathos
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Online Access:http://www.pathos-journal.com/page_54.html