Pronounced Declines in Meperidine in the US: Is the End Imminent?

• Autori principali: Lavinia R. Harrison (Autore), Rhudjerry E. Arnet (Autore), Anthony S. Ramos (Autore), Poul A. Chinga (Autore), Trinidy R. Anthony (Autore), John M. Boyle (Autore), Kenneth L. McCall (Autore), Stephanie D. Nichols (Autore), Brian J. Piper (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: MDPI AG, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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<b>Background</b>: Once a widely used analgesic in the United States (US), meperidine offered an alternative opioid to other opioids as a pain reliever and was widely assumed to be safer with acute pancreatitis. However, within the last two decades meperidine, has gone from a frequently...