Article
Fundamental Considerations for GeneticallyGuided Pain Management with Opioids Based on CYP2D6 and OPRM1 Polymorphisms
2018-11-14
Abstract excerpt
Background: A major challenge for effective pharmacotherapy in pain management is to provide the drug best suited to the patient’s innate characteristics. Objective: The article illustrates pharmacogenetic principles to optimize treatments for patients and increase the likelihood of pain relief without dependence. Genetic variances are particularly relevant to opioid drugs used in pain control, and can now be harv...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- fc162d67-ffc0-5cd4-b469-842c02ba6a37
- DOI
- 10.36076/ppj.2018.6.e611
