Methadone analgesia in the critically ill

Any patient who is discharged to an outpatient setting on methadone without a planned taper should be referred to a provider with experience using methadone in chronic pain management. Because the highest risk of death due to methadone therapy occurs around the time of initiation [7,9] (often due to...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJournal of critical care Vol. 36; p. 296
Main Authors Lyaker, Michael R., MD, Elefritz, Jessica L., PharmD, Murphy, Claire V., PharmD, BCPS
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2016
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Analgesia
Critical Care
Drug overdose
Intensive care
Intensive care unit
Methadone
Mortality
Narcotics
Pain
Pain management
Patients
mortality
critical care
intensive care unit
pain management
methadone
analgesia
Critical care
Analgesia
Methadone
Mortality
Intensive care unit
Pain management
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Any patient who is discharged to an outpatient setting on methadone without a planned taper should be referred to a provider with experience using methadone in chronic pain management. Because the highest risk of death due to methadone therapy occurs around the time of initiation [7,9] (often due to rapid upward titration by inexperienced prescribers), the risk of respiratory compromise while completing a methadone taper after discharge should be low.
Bibliography:SourceType-Other Sources-1
content type line 63
ObjectType-Correspondence-1
ObjectType-Commentary-2
ISSN:0883-9441
1557-8615
DOI:10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.07.009