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Analgesics use for kidney failure

  • Rioko Kimiko Sakata,
  • Marcelo Henrique Gomes Nunes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5935/1806-0013.20140048
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 3
pp. 224 – 229

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The use of drugs to treat renal failure has particularities due to pharmacokinetic changes present in such population. This study aimed at supplying subsidies for a rational choice of analgesics to be used in patients with renal failure.CONTENTS:Information is provided about pain prevalence and etiology in renal failure patients. In addition, the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, opioid analgesics and adjuvant drugs for pain management is addressed.CONCLUSION:Adjusting pharmacological therapy to renal function impairment may provide effective treatment with less adverse effects.

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