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Various anti-diarrheal agents, such as loperamide, codeine, octreotide, are available for diarrhea management, but few are used in the prophylactic setting and none provide a targeted approach for treating chemotherapy induced diarrhea (CID).
Pre-clinical studies have suggested that blocking EGFR
This will be a randomized, open label, multi-site clinical trial conducted in UF Health Cancer Center in Gainesville, FL and in Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. Each site will be responsible for overseeing patient care and research at their respective facility. This research will examine
Buprenorphine transdermal (BTDs) is a semi-synthetic opioid analgesic. Earlier studies have shown BTDs to be non-inferior to an oral codeine-paracetamol combination and prolonged-release tramadol, in terms of pain control as well as sleep quality. BTDs is registered for use in Malaysia but the
The WHO analgesic ladder, even with its limitations, is widely used to guide the beginning of opioid therapy in chronic pain. According to this approach the choice of drug is based on the intensity of pain reported by the patient; belong to the first step acetaminophen and nonsteroidal
BACKGROUND
Much of the clinical practice of oncology involves palliative care. In this setting ,the emphasis is on alleviation of symptoms and preservation or improvement of quality of life. A large body of clinical evidence documents the effectiveness of local-field external beam radiotherapy in
After approval of the Ethics Committee and signing the consent, a prospective randomized study was performed in patients ≥ 18 years, with locally advanced cancer and / or metastases, and pain intensity ≤ 6. There were excluded patients with difficulty maintaining clinical follow-up, cognitive
Background:
There has been an increasing awareness of the need for adequate sedation and analgesia in critically ill pediatric patients. The choices of treatment for pain are numerous, but in the Pediatric ICU parenteral opioids are most commonly used. At equipotent doses, all mu agonist opioids
The combination of tramadol HCI/acetaminophen provides a more rapid onset of action compared to tramadol HCI alone and a longer duration of action than acetaminophen alone. Therefore, the combination of tramadol and acetaminophen may be effective for the treatment of cancer pain as well as to allow
Treatment of cancer pain is based on the World Health Organization (WHO) step ladder approach to the use of analgesic drugs. Medication potency increases at each step of the WHO ladder, from nonopioid (step 1; e.g., aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) through weak opioids (step 2; e.g.
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Compare overall pain management in patients with cancer-related pain treated with oxycodone hydrochloride vs standard three-step analgesic therapy.
- Compare the health economics of these regimens in these patients.
Secondary
- Explore the factors that inform patients'
It is important to evaluate the effects of the cannabinoids on facilitated pain as conditions of hyperalgesia more closely approximates the clinical situation. There are limited clinical studies on the effect of the cannabinoids on facilitated pain states. Noyes et al evaluated the analgesic effects
Fentanyl transdermal matrix patch is a narcotic analgesic agent. Compared with the existing reservoir-type Durotep® Patch, fentanyl transdermal matrix patch is not liable to leakage of drug solution and does not contain alcohol, which becomes a cause of skin irritation. Also this new formulation has