リウマチ性関節炎の痛みに対するオピオイド鎮痛剤
Samuel L Whittle1, Bethan L Richards, Rachelle Buchbinder
1Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 28 Woodville Rd, Woodville S, South Australia 5011, Australia. sam@whit.tl
JAMA
|February 7, 2013
まとめ
弱いオピオイドは,関節リウマチ性関節炎の痛みに対する短期的な救済を提供することができますが,一般的な副作用はしばしば利点に相殺します. 持続的なリウマチ性関節炎の不快感に対して,代替の疼痛管理戦略が推奨されます.
科学分野:
- レウマトロジーの病理学
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
- 疼痛管理 疼痛管理
背景:
- リウマチ性関節炎 (RA) は,慢性的な自己免疫疾患で,持続的な関節の痛みと炎症を引き起こす.
- 効果的な疼痛管理は,RA患者の生活の質を維持するために不可欠です.
- オピオイド鎮痛剤は,慢性疼痛状態の管理のために時々考慮されます.
研究 の 目的:
- 軟弱なオピオイド鎮痛剤のリスク・利益プロフィールを評価するために,リウマチ性関節炎の持続的な痛みに対する.
- 弱いオピオイドの利点が,RA患者の潜在的な有害効果に相殺するかどうかを決定する.
主な方法:
- 臨床試験と観察研究の体系的レビュー.
- 短期的な疼痛緩和のための有効性データの分析.
- 弱いオピオイド使用に関連した報告された有害事象の評価.
主要な成果:
- 弱いオピオイド (例えば,コデイン,トラマドール) は,関節リウマチ性関節炎の痛みの管理に短期的な有効性を示しました.
- 吐き気,めまい,便秘などの副作用が頻繁に報告されました.
- 副作用の発生率と重さは,一部の患者の治療効果を否定する可能性があります.
結論:
- 慢性的な関節リウマチ性関節炎の痛みに対する弱いオピオイドの使用は,重大なリスク・利益の課題を提示します.
- 一般的な副作用があるため,代替的鎮痛剤は弱いオピオイドよりも優先されるべきです.
- リウマチ性関節炎のより安全で長期的な疼痛管理の選択肢に関するさらなる研究は正当化されています.
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