Oral ketamine for opioid-resistant acute pain.
We report successful treatment of opioid-resistant postoperative pain in this case report. Oral ketamine reduced the doses of opioids needed for pain control. Opioid/N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist combinations should be studied further for acute pain treatment.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Temple University, and the Temple Neurospine Program, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. freidmr@tuhs.temple.edu
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