Opioid "holiday" following antagonist supported detoxification during general anesthesia improves opioid agonist response in a cancer patient with opioid addiction

Anesthesiology. 2003 Feb;98(2):571-3. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200302000-00039.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Analgesia, Epidural
  • Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
  • Anesthesia, General*
  • Anesthetics, Local / administration & dosage
  • Anesthetics, Local / therapeutic use
  • Bone Neoplasms / complications
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Bupivacaine / administration & dosage
  • Bupivacaine / therapeutic use
  • Chondrosarcoma / complications
  • Chondrosarcoma / surgery
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methadone / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / complications*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / complications*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / physiopathology
  • Pain, Intractable / complications*
  • Pain, Intractable / drug therapy

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Methadone
  • Bupivacaine