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Opioid rotation or opioid switching is the process of changing one opioid to another to improve pain control or reduce unwanted side effects. [1] This technique was introduced in the 1990s to help manage severe chronic pain and improve the opioid response in cancer patients. [ 2 ]
Opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) or opioid-induced abnormal pain sensitivity, also called paradoxical hyperalgesia, is an uncommon condition of generalized pain caused by the long-term use of high dosages of opioids [1] such as morphine, [2] oxycodone, [3] and methadone. [4] [5] OIH is not necessarily confined to the original affected site. [6]
An equianalgesic chart is a conversion chart that lists equivalent doses of analgesics (drugs used to relieve pain). Equianalgesic charts are used for calculation of an equivalent dose (a dose which would offer an equal amount of analgesia) between different analgesics. [1]
Such tables are used in opioid rotation practices, and to describe an opioid by comparison to morphine, the reference opioid. Equianalgesic tables typically list drug half-lives, and sometimes equianalgesic doses of the same drug by means of administration, such as morphine: oral and intravenous.
The opioid crisis contributed to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. in two decades. At the epicenter — three major pharmaceutical distributors and manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. A yearslong ...
Hi, my name is Nhan. I will try to merge this article with EQUIANALGESIC. Opioid rotation is the primary purpose of equianalgesic, thus equianalgesic should be a subsection (Ndinhsum 19:20, 17 October 2017 (UTC)) Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you all for posting on this talk page before actually making the edits.
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