Affiliation:
1. Podiatry-College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Western University, California, USA
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to provide podiatric physicians with the strategies for identifying, assessing and responding to patients who may have changes in opioid pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics due to sex and age differences and disease states. First of all, possible opioid drug interactions that exist within the context of patient demographics and disease states are presented and described. Secondly, both pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics changes of opioid agents within certain patient demographics are presented. Lastly, the art of clinical coping mechanism to prescribe opioids to patients that may be elderly or presenting with disease states that may alter opioid pharmacokinetics.
Publisher
Edelweiss Publications Inc
Cited by
1 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献