Conference paper

Oxycodone: a strong opioid in the treatment of patients with arthritis

Simeon Grazio ; Clinic for Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Clinical Hospital “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia
Branimir Anić ; Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marinko Bilušić ; Polyclinic “Bonifarm”, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Reducing pain is a major goal in treating patients with arthritis. Oral controlled-release opioid products enable patients to better maintain pain control due to convenient dosing intervals and sustained blood concentration. Oxycodone is a strong opioid that has proved to be efficacious in analgesic studies of persistent moderate to severe pain in patients with degenerative and inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Beyond significant pain control and better physical function, controlled-release oxycodone improved coping with pain in patients with osteoarthritis.

Keywords

opioids; oxycodone; osteoarthritis; rheumatiod arthritis

Hrčak ID:

125831

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/125831

Publication date:

20.10.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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