Use of prescription analgesic drugs before and after hip or knee replacement in patients with osteoarthritis

BACKGROUND: Analgesic drugs are recommended to treat pain caused by osteoarthritis, and joint replacement should decrease the need for them. We aimed to determine the user rates of analgesic drugs before and after joint replacement. METHODS: All patients who underwent a primary hip or knee replaceme...

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Published in:BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Main Authors: Rajamäki, Tuomas J., Puolakka, Pia A., Hietaharju, Aki, Moilanen, Teemu, Jämsen, Esa
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745067/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31521139
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2809-4
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