title: [Pain therapy - dosing recommendations at beginning and end of treatment].
abstract: Pain therapy is one of the basic tasks of a clinician. Good knowledge of the active profile of prescribed analgesics as well as their side effects will facilitate their use and decrease undesired effects. This article discusses currently used analgesics, their indication and practical application with special consideration of dose requirements at the beginning and end of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg. Cornelius.Busch@med.uni-heidelberg
authors.forename: Cornelius J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: Hubert J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bardenheuer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000187:drug effects; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid