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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Use of prescription analgesic drugs before and after hip or knee replacement in patients with osteoarthritis.

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Papers: 14 Sep 2019 - 20 Sep 2019


Human Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development


2019 Sep 14


BMC Musculoskelet Disord


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31521139?dopt=Abstract


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Use of prescription analgesic drugs before and after hip or knee replacement in patients with osteoarthritis.

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Use of prescription analgesic drugs before and after hip or knee replacement in patients with osteoarthritis.
Rajamäki TJ, Puolakka PA, Hietaharju A, Moilanen T, Jämsen E
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 Sep 14; 20(1):427.
PMID: 31521139.

Abstract

Analgesic drugs are recommended to treat pain caused by osteoarthritis, and joint replacement should decrease the need for them. We aimed to determine the user rates of analgesic drugs before and after joint replacement.
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