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Treatment of Pain in the Older Adult
In 1986, the World Health Organization released the Pain Relief Ladder (Figure 1). [3] The principle is that the lowest effective dose of an opioid should be used to minimize the impact of its ...
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Inpatient Opioid Withdrawal and Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain
Phase Inpatient Withdrawal Programme for Long-Term Opioid Use in Non-Cancer Pain,” published in the March 2025 issue of ...
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Evidence gap for acute pain outcomes in opioid use disorder
In this systematic review, evidence for the efficacy of acute pain interventions on individuals with opioid use disorder was ...
Physician's Weekly4d
Addressing Acute Pain & Related Challenges: Will Recent FDA Approval of a Novel Non-Opioid Analgesic Be a Game Changer?
FDA approval of a novel non-opioid analgesic will hopefully address the needs of many patients with acute pain and improve ...
US approves a new painkiller with less risk of addiction than opioids and equally potent
The suzetrigine, which only acts on pain neurons ... be placed in the third tier of the WHO analgesic ladder, at the same level as potent opioids; but due to its side effect profile, it could ...