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Prescrire Int. 2003 Jun;12(65):83-4.
Oral oxycodone: new preparation. No better than oral morphine.

[No authors listed]

(1) For the treatment of cancer pain resistant to WHO step I and II analgesics, several oral morphine preparations are available, in immediate-release and sustained-release formulations. (2) A sustained-release form of oxycodone, an old opiate, was marketed in France in 2002 for oral treatment of cancer pain, in two daily doses. (3) The results of three comparative double-blind trials suggest that 1 mg oxycodone is similarly effective to 1.5 mg of morphine. According to another comparative double-blind trial, 1 mg oxycodone has about the same analgesic efficacy as 0.25 mg of hydromorphone. (4) Oxycodone has the usual opiate side effects including constipation, sedation, nausea and vomiting, and pruritus. (5) Oxycodone has not been tested in comparative trials in patients in whom morphine is ineffective or poorly tolerated. (6) The available product range of sustained-release oxycodone does not allow the dose to be adjusted rapidly at the outset of treatment, and is poorly suited to patients who have difficulty swallowing. (7) In practice, oral morphine remains the reference treatment for cancer pain resistant to WHO step I and II analgesics.

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INTRODUCTION. The consequences of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are devastating, whether it is in the personal, family, health care or social spheres. Sufferers will have to follow a rehabilitation programme in which we are going to be faced with a large number of medical, neurological and orthopaedic problems that will exert an influence on that programme. AIMS. The aim of this study is to determine the epidemiological data and the gravity of the cases of TBI admitted to our Rehabilitation Unit, to identify medical and orthopaedic problems that occurred during the time patients were in hospital, and also to determine factors and variables that could have an effect on the onset of such complications. PATIENTS AND METHODS. A retrospective descriptive study was conducted in which we surveyed and collected data from 126 case histories chosen at random from the 210 patients admitted to our Rehabilitation Unit between 1999 and 2001. RESULTS. Mean age, 29 years (interval 4 67), ratio of males to females, 4:1. The TBI were due to motorcycle accidents (40%), car accidents (30%) and falls (11.5%). Neurological problems appeared in 63%, the most frequent of which was psychomotor agitation. 14% displayed post traumatic hydrocephalus, and 8% presented post traumatic seizures. Gastro intestinal problems were seen in 41%, the most frequent being constipation. Respiratory problems were found in 36%, and 15.6% of the patients suffered from pneumonia. 8% displayed para articular ossifications. The number of days spent in the ICU and the days in coma were the more highly statistically significant variables assoc

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J Tongji Med Univ. 2000;20(4):351-2.
A study of anorectal manometry in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation.

Liu S, Zou K, Song J.

Department of Gastroenterology, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan 430022.

To study the changes of anorectal motility in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation, anorectal motility was investigated by water-perfused manometric system in 30 patients with chronic idiopathic constipation and 18 healthy subjects. Our results showed that there was no significant difference between the constipation group and the control group in anal sphincteric resting pressure and anal maximal squeezing pressure. The minimum relaxation volume, the rectal defecatory threshold, the rectal maximal tolerable volume and the rectal compliance in the patients were significantly higher than those in the controls (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05). It is concluded that patients with chronic idiopathic constipation have anorectal motility disturbances.

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