| Literature DB >> 26893907 |
Hiroshi Kato1, Masayuki Miyazaki1, Mio Takeuchi2, Hiroaki Tsukuura3, Mihoko Sugishita3, Yukihiro Noda1, Kiyofumi Yamada4.
Abstract
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s40780-015-0022-7.].Entities:
Year: 2016 PMID: 26893907 PMCID: PMC4757988 DOI: 10.1186/s40780-016-0039-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pharm Health Care Sci ISSN: 2055-0294
Patient characteristics (n = 204)
| Age | |
| Median, year | 61 |
| Range, year | 18-92 |
| Gender | |
| Male, | 123 (60.3) |
| Female , | 81 (39.7) |
| Median CLcra, mL/min | 88.7 |
| NPb origin | |
| Cancer related NP, | 55 (27.0) |
| Chemotherapy related NP, | 24 (11.7) |
| Non-cancer related NP, | 125 (61.3) |
| Regular strong opioid | |
| yes, | 36 (17.6) |
| -fentanyl, | 17 |
| -oxycodone, | 16 |
| -morphine, | 3 |
| Median dosec (range), mg/day | 60 (15–300) |
| no, | 168 (82.4) |
| Initial dose of pregabalin | |
| 150 mg/day, | 124 (60.8) |
| 75 mg/day, | 73 (35.8) |
| 50 mg/day, | 3 (1.5) |
| 25 mg/day, | 4 (1.9) |
aCLcr: creatinine clearance using the Cockcroft-Gault equation
bNP: neuropathic pain
cconverted to oral morphine