Tapentadol in the treatment of tumor-related chronic pain

Tomasz Dzierżanowski; Aleksandra Ciałkowska-Rysz

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Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine

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Tapentadol in the treatment of tumor-related chronic pain

Tomasz Dzierżanowski

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Aleksandra Ciałkowska-Rysz

Medycyna Paliatywna 2016; 8(4): 157–163

Online publish date: 2017/03/07

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Tapentadol is a novel analgesic of a dual mechanism of action, the first representative of the centrally acting analgesic drugs called MOR-NRI. It has the agonistic activity towards µ receptors (MOR) and non-opioid – inhibiting norepinephrine reuptake (NRI) at the spinal cord level. These two mechanisms unveil synergy, clinically confirmed in multiple kinds of nociceptive and neuropathic pain. In this paper, we described the place of tapentadol in the treatment of tumor-related pain, in comparison to other III step opioids of the analgesic ladder.

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Tapentadol in the treatment of tumor-related chronic pain

Tomasz Dzierżanowski , Aleksandra Ciałkowska-Rysz

tapentadol, chronic pain, cancer pain, opioids, Evidence Based Medicine

Tomasz Dzierżanowski

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Aleksandra Ciałkowska-Rysz