{"title":"Respiratory Depression Associated with Opioids: A Narrative Review.","authors":"Mellar P Davis, Sandra DiScala, Amy Davis","doi":"10.1007/s11864-024-01274-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Opinion: </strong>All opioids have a risk of causing respiratory depression and reduced cerebral circulation. Fentanyl has the greatest risk of causing both. This is particularly a concern when combined with illicit opioids such as diamorphine (also known as heroin). Fentanyl should not be used as a frontline potent opioid due its significant risks. Buprenorphine, a schedule III opioid, morphine, or hydromorphone is preferred, followed by oxycodone, which has a significant risk of abuse relative to buprenorphine and morphine. Although all opioids were equally effective in producing analgesia, the relative safety of each opioid is no longer a secondary concern when prescribing. In the face of an international opioid epidemic, clinicians need to choose opioid analgesics safely, wisely, and carefully.</p>","PeriodicalId":50600,"journal":{"name":"Current Treatment Options in Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1438-1450"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Treatment Options in Oncology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11864-024-01274-5","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/10/21 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ONCOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Opinion: All opioids have a risk of causing respiratory depression and reduced cerebral circulation. Fentanyl has the greatest risk of causing both. This is particularly a concern when combined with illicit opioids such as diamorphine (also known as heroin). Fentanyl should not be used as a frontline potent opioid due its significant risks. Buprenorphine, a schedule III opioid, morphine, or hydromorphone is preferred, followed by oxycodone, which has a significant risk of abuse relative to buprenorphine and morphine. Although all opioids were equally effective in producing analgesia, the relative safety of each opioid is no longer a secondary concern when prescribing. In the face of an international opioid epidemic, clinicians need to choose opioid analgesics safely, wisely, and carefully.
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This journal aims to review the most important, recently published treatment option advances in the field of oncology. By providing clear, insightful, balanced contributions by international experts, the journal intends to facilitate worldwide approaches to cancer treatment.
We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas, such as endocrine tumors, lymphomas, neuro-oncology, and cancers of the breast, head and neck, lung, skin, gastrointestinal tract, and genitourinary region. Section Editors, in turn, select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists. We also provide commentaries from well-known oncologists, and an international Editorial Board reviews the annual table of contents, suggests articles of special interest to their country/region, and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research.
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