Overdose Risk with Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain

ABSTRACT

Timely and important studies are reviewed and commentaries provided by leading palliative care clinicians. Clinical scenarios, symptoms, interventions, and treatment-related adverse events addressed in this issue are overdose risk with opioids in chronic pain; pain in the primary care setting; methadone products and risk of QT prolongation; zolendronic acid and circulating cancer cells; statins and deep venous thrombosis; and treatment for cancer-associated anorexia-cachexia syndrome.

KEYWORDS :

• anorexia-cachexia syndrome
• deep venous thrombosis
• HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
• neoplasms
• opioids
• pain
• zolendronic acid