Dual opioid therapy in a cancer patient with myasthenia gravis who developed respiratory depression from codeine.


Journal

BMJ supportive & palliative care
ISSN: 2045-4368
Titre abrégé: BMJ Support Palliat Care
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101565123

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2023
Historique:
received: 14 10 2020
accepted: 06 01 2021
medline: 23 10 2023
pubmed: 19 1 2021
entrez: 18 1 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

This case report describes a patient who was referred to our unit after an emergency room admission for respiratory depression induced by codeine, and was successfully managed with tapentadol.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33455916
pii: bmjspcare-2020-002745
doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002745
doi:

Substances chimiques

Analgesics, Opioid 0
Codeine UX6OWY2V7J

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e108-e109

Informations de copyright

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

Auteurs

Sebastiano Mercadante (S)

Main regional center Pain Relief and Supportive Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Center, Palermo, Italy terapiadeldolore@lamaddalenanet.it.

Claudio Adile (C)

Main regional center Pain Relief and Supportive Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Center, Palermo, Italy.

Patrizia Ferrera (P)

Main regional center Pain Relief and Supportive Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Center, Palermo, Italy.

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