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Table 2 Opioids used in trials of non-malignant pain of different aetiology

From: Prevalence of opioid adverse events in chronic non-malignant pain: systematic review of randomised trials of oral opioids

 

Conditiona

 

Drug

Arthritis

Musculoskeletal

Neuropathic

Mixed

All conditions

Codeine

51

46

  

97

Codeine + paracetamol

173

233

 

156

562

Dihydrocodeine

119

   

119

Dextropropoxyphene

129

56

  

185

Dextropropoxyphene + paracetamol

496

   

496

Morphine

222

61

59

49

391

Meptazinol

 

31

  

31

Oxycodone

 

47

50

 

97

Pentazocine

76

   

76

Tramadol

363

778

110

401

1652

Tramadol + paracetamol

197

309

  

506

Total

1826

1561

219

606

4212

  1. aValues are numbers of patients treated with the different opioids.