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Opioid Rotation

Known as: Opioid Switching, Opioid Substitution, Narcotic Switching 
Shifting from one opiate to another to maintain effectiveness in analgesia while minimizing the side-effect profile.
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2017
2017
[Alarming Pregabalin Abuse in Munich: Prevalence, Patterns of Use and Complications].
Pregabalin is used e. g. for the treatment of neuropathic pain and anxiety disorder. Recently, its potential for abuse and… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
Systematic Literature Review on Buprenorphine/naloxone Use in Outpatient Opioid Dependence Treatment
Objective: Summarize the literature on buprenorphine/naloxone for outpatient treatment of opioid dependence disorder. Methods: a… 
2015
2015
Fentanyl Tolerance in the Treatment of Cancer Pain: A Case of Successful Opioid Switching From Fentanyl to Oxycodone at a Reduced Equivalent Dose
ABSTRACT Opioids are not generally deemed to have an analgesic ceiling effect on cancer pain. However, there have been occasional… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
Hepatitis C treatment uptake and adherence among injecting drug users in the Czech Republic.
BACKGROUND Injecting drug users (IDUs) represent a major subpopulation of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected people in developed… 
2012
2012
Methadone is no panacea
When I was young, I drank to get wrecked. In the hospitals in the 1980s and 1990s, I witnessed the complications of heroin… 
2010
2010
Notions of Injecting Drug Users' Candidacy for Hepatitis C Treatment: Conflicting Provider, Patient, and Public Health Perspectives
Uptake of hepatitis C treatment by injecting drug users (IDUs) remains low and little is known about factors influencing… 
2010
2010
ASSESSING SUBSTANCE USE AMONG PATIENTS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS: THE ROLE OF HARM REDUCTION AND TREATMENT *
The use of alcohol or illicit drugs is common among adolescents and adults in the United States, especially among those with HIV… 
2006
2006
Regular article HIV risk behaviors during pharmacologic treatment for opioid dependence: A comparison of levomethadyl acetate, buprenorphine, and methadone
The efficacies of three opioid substitution medications for reducing HIV risk behaviors in opioid-dependent patients were… 
2004
2004
Long-term outcome of treatment for drug dependence
Abstract Prolonged use of psychoactive substances is associated with a range of personal, health, social and legal problems. Drug… 
1973
1973
Cocaine abuse during narcotic substitution therapy: three years later.