Give buprenorphine 0.02 mg / kg SC 4 hours
after hydromorphone administration; then 0.01 to 0.02 mg / kg buccally Q 12 H for 2 days.
Not exact matches
A research team in Israel reported evidence of hyperalgesia in 17 of 30 patients with radiating spinal nerve pain by asking them to rate the intensity of heat pain on a numerical scale before and
after a 4 - week course of
hydromorphone.
Overall, patients given methadone required significantly less intravenous and oral opioid medication
after surgery, reported lower pain scores, and had improved global satisfaction with pain management, compared to patients who were given
hydromorphone during surgery.
Hydromorphone, which is also commonly used as a pain medication
after surgery, was also given to the patients studied following surgery to treat pain.
In the methadone group, patients required a median of 5 mg of
hydromorphone to treat acute pain on the first day
after surgery, compared to 10 mg in the control group.
To evaluate how effective methadone was in reducing post-surgical pain, researchers measured how much
hydromorphone patients took during the first three days
after surgery.