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Adverse respiratory effects of opioids for chronic breathlessness: learning lessons from chronic pain

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Fear of fatal respiratory depression is a major driver limiting opioid prescription for persistent breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [1–6], but is this fear warranted? In a recent systematic review and meta-analysis, VERBERKT et al. [7] did not detect significant or clinically relevant respiratory adverse events associated with opioid treatment for chronic breathlessness in COPD. Rather, they concluded that “clinicians’ fears of respiratory obtundation with low-do...

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10.1183/13993003.02531-2017

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Clinical Neurosciences
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University of Oxford
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Medical Sciences Division
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Clinical Neurosciences
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Physiology Anatomy and Genetics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Clinical Neurosciences
Role:
Author
Publisher:
European Respiratory Society Publisher's website
Journal:
European Respiratory Journal Journal website
Volume:
51
Issue:
3
Pages:
1702531
Publication date:
2018-03-01
Acceptance date:
2017-12-21
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EISSN:
1399-3003
ISSN:
0903-1936
Pmid:
29496786
Language:
English
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pubs:828746
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uuid:6a51ec3d-cd00-436a-a592-10e412150a87
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828746
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2018-06-08

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