title: [Oxycodone: a strong opioid in the treatment of patients with arthritis].
abstract: Reducing pain is a major goal in treating patients with arthritis. Oral controlled-release opioid products enable patients to better maintain pain control due to convenient dosing intervals and sustained blood concentration. Oxycodone is a strong opioid that has proved to be efficacious in analgesic studies of persistent moderate to severe pain in patients with degenerative and inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Beyond significant pain control and better physical function, controlled-release oxycodone improved coping with pain in patients with osteoarthritis.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za reumatologiju, fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju, Klinicka bolnica Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska 29, 10000 Zagreb.
authors.forename: Simeon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grazio
authors.forename: Branimir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Anić
authors.forename: Marinko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilusić
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010098:Oxycodone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D010098:Oxycodone