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ArticleJournal of pain research2020

Use of a Long-Acting Opioid Microsphere Formulation to Overcome Difficulties in Swallowing Pain Medication.

Nathan Anderson, Andrea G Gillman, Ajay D Wasan

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nathan AndersonDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Andrea G GillmanDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Ajay D WasanDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6394-6077
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeXtampza ER SUBJECTS AND

methodsEleven subjects with chronic pain who reported pill-swallowing difficulty were enrolled in a 6-week uncontrolled open-label pilot study in which their prescribed daily opioid medication was converted to XER. Swallowing difficulty, pain intensity, opioid satisfaction, and secondary indicators of pain response were recorded for subjects throughout the study.

resultsBoth swallowing difficulty and opioid satisfaction (XER vs baseline opioid) improved significantly over the 6-week study period (

conclusionSubjects experienced improvement in both swallowing and opioid medication satisfaction after conversion to XER with no significant change in pain intensity and related measures.

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abuse deterrent formulationchronic painopioid medicationswallowing difficulty

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PMID32440201
PMCPMC7212775
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