Review article : Perioperative pain management of patients on methadone therapy

• Published in: Canadian journal of anesthesia Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 513 - 523
• Main Authors: PENG, Philip W. H, TUMBER, Paul S, GOURLAY, Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto, ON Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society 01.05.2005; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Drug Interactions; Drug Overdose; Humans; Medical sciences; Methadone; Methadone - adverse effects; Methadone - pharmacokinetics; Methadone - pharmacology; Opioid-Related Disorders - complications; Opioid-Related Disorders - drug therapy; Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy; Substance abuse treatment; Human; Clinical management; Pain; Opiates; Anesthesia; Methadone; Narcotic analgesic

Methadone, an opioid traditionally associated with the management of opioid addictive disorders, has been prescribed increasingly as an analgesic for the management of various chronic pain conditions. Despite the increasing popularity of methadone, most anesthesiologists are not familiar with its co...