| Literature DB >> 20333346 |
S Lochner1, U Heinrich-Gräfe, W Kirch.
Abstract
A male patient with severe chronic pain has been treated with a combined drug therapy scheme of morphine and clonidine. After cessation of clonidine the patient reported opiate-withdrawal symptoms with agitation, polyuria, diarrhea, and hyperalgesia. It is known that the combination of these two substances causes synergistic analgetic effects. The abrupt cessation of clonidine after a combined administration with morphine seems to lead to a relative decrease in opiate effects and furthermore excite opiate-withdrawal symptoms.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20333346 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-009-2545-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Internist (Berl) ISSN: 0020-9554 Impact factor: 0.743