Reumatizam, Vol. 53 No. 2, 2006.
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
Publication date:
20.10.2006.
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