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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Drug Safety and Suicidality Risk of Chronic Pain Medications.

Osman Syed, Predrag Jancic, Adam B Fink, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Osman SyedAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
Predrag JancicAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-3103-2822
Adam B FinkAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
Nebojsa Nick KnezevicAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8028-1495

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain is one of the main leading causes of disability in the world at present. A variety in the symptomatology, intensity and duration of this phenomenon has led to an ever-increasing demand of pharmacological treatment and relief. This demand for medication, ranging from well-known groups, such as antidepressants and benzodiazepines, to more novel drugs, was followed by a rise in safety concerns of such treatment options. The validity, frequency, and diversity of such concerns are discussed in this paper, as well as their possible effect on future prescription practices. A specific caution is provided towards the psychological safety and toll of these medications, regarding suicidality and suicidal ideation. Most significantly, this paper highlights the importance of pharmacovigilance and underscores the necessity of surveillance programs when considering chronic pain medication.

Indexed as

antidepressantsbenzodiazepineschronic paindrug safetygabapentinoidsopioidsprednisonesuicidality

Identifiers

PMID37895968
PMCPMC10609967

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