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Papers: 14 Dec 2019 - 20 Dec 2019


Human Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development


2020 Aug


Support Care Cancer


28


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Effects of age and gender in patients receiving doses of opioids for breakthrough pain proportional to background opioid doses.

Authors

Mercadante S, Restivo V, Casuccio A
Support Care Cancer. 2020 Aug; 28(8):3813-3818.
PMID: 31832823.

Abstract

To identify the role of age and gender in analgesic and adverse effects after administering fentanyl products for breakthrough pain (BT), given in doses proportional to opioid doses given for background pain.