The opioid crisis in America which has spread to Europe and has brought increasing scrutiny to opioid therapy. Illicit fentanyl and fentanyl analogues have dramatically increased the mortality. Physicians, as a result, at least in United States have stopped prescribing opioids altogether or continue to prescribe but frequently without a firm knowledge of opioid pharmacology.
Editorial on Opioid Utility the Other Half of Equianalgesia
Opioid utility and the clinician
Review Article on Opioid Utility the Other Half of Equianalgesia
Opioid utility function: methods and implications
Why equianalgesic tables are only part of the answer to equianalgesia
Combining opioids and benzodiazepines: effects on mortality and severe adverse respiratory events
Optimization of opioid utility in cancer pain populations
Opioid utility for dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a complicated and controversial story
Levorphanol versus methadone use: safety considerations
Tapering opioids: a comprehensive qualitative review
Reasons to avoid fentanyl
Disclosure:
The series “Opioid Utility the Other Half of Equianalgesia” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Mellar P. Davis served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.