Use of Ketamine in a Multimodal Analgesia Setting for Rapid Opioid Tapering in a Profoundly Opioid-Tolerant Patient: A Case Report.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-2018
Abstract
Opioids are frequently used for the treatment of chronic pain, and patients taking high doses are at increased risk of complications and adverse opioid-related events. Ketamine is appealing as an opioid adjunct because of its lack of respiratory depression and potential prevention of hyperalgesia and central sensitization. We present a case in which a ketamine infusion was utilized over a 7-day period to provide rapid taper of a daily dose of 400 mg of morphine equivalents to less than one-third of that dose on discharge with unchanged pain levels and no symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
Volume
10
Issue
7
First Page
179
Last Page
181
ISSN
2575-3126
Published In/Presented At
Strickler, E. M., Schwenk, E. S., Cohen, M. J., & Viscusi, E. R. (2018). Use of Ketamine in a Multimodal Analgesia Setting for Rapid Opioid Tapering in a Profoundly Opioid-Tolerant Patient: A Case Report. A&A practice, 10(7), 179–181. https://doi.org/10.1213/XAA.0000000000000653
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
29045243
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article