[Influence of opioids on the psychomotor ability of patients in chronic pain].
Studies have provided no evidence that effective and stable long-term opioid treatment of pain necessarily impairs psychomotor abilities. Assessment of psychomotor abilities, especially of those involved in driving, can only be made in the individual case. Such abilities are affected especially by drug combination and such individual factors as age and driving experience.
Klinik für Anästhesie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus Bremen. strumpf@roteskreuzkrankenhaus.de
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001333:Automobile Driver Examination; D001334:Automobile Driving; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid