Impact of Opioid Restriction Legislation on Prescribing Practices for Outpatient Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000009239
Abstract: Background: Overprescription of opioids for acute postoperative pain, plastic surgery procedures included, is contributing to the pervasive opioid epidemic in the United States. This study examines the effect of a statewide legislation limiting postoperative opioids… read more here.
Keywords: legislation; surgery; morphine equivalents; oral morphine ... See more keywords
Healthcare professionals’ views of the use of oral morphine and transmucosal diamorphine in the management of paediatric breakthrough pain and the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial: A focus group study (DIPPER)
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DOI: 10.1177/02692163211008737
Abstract: Background: Oral morphine is frequently used for breakthrough pain but the oral route is not always available and absorption is slow. Transmucosal diamorphine is administered by buccal, sublingual or intranasal routes, and rapidly absorbed. Aim:… read more here.
Keywords: breakthrough pain; trial; oral morphine; transmucosal diamorphine ... See more keywords
Challenges of Access to Oral Morphine Medicine: Palliative Care at a Crossroads for Cancer Patients in Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s410944
Abstract: Abstract Ethiopia registers 77,352 new cases of cancer and 51,865 deaths every year, and the number is showing an increasing trend year to year. Despite the importance of providing palliative care, the country has a… read more here.
Keywords: palliative care; care; oral morphine; medicine ... See more keywords
Oral Morphine as an Alternative Substitution Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, a Rare but Non-risk-free Use
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.893590
Abstract: Background National health monitoring agencies have reported the alternative use of morphine sulfate painkiller for maintenance treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), associated with a potential increase in overdose risk. Objectives This study sought to… read more here.
Keywords: oral morphine; risk; morphine; treatment ... See more keywords
Efficacy and tolerability of oral morphine versus oxycodone/acetaminophen for analgesia in the emergency department.
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DOI: 10.5055/jom.2023.0782
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Oxycodone/acetaminophen is one of the most commonly prescribed medications for pain management in the emergency department (ED) despite its high abuse liability. Our objective was to determine whether oral immediate-release morphine is as effective… read more here.
Keywords: percent; oral morphine; oxycodone acetaminophen;