Is central anticholinergic syndrome linked to opioid use for cervical cancer pain?

Post-operative central anticholinergic syndrome.

Central anticholinergic syndrome is defined as an abDiagnosis rests on clinical features, exclusion of other conditions, and a positive response to a solute or relative reduction in cholinergic activity in centrally acting cholinesterase inhibitor, usually the central nervous system [1]. In anaesthetic practice physostigmine [1]. the syndrome was originally described in connection The incidence...

Opioid Use in Cancer Pain Management

Tetrahydroaminoacridine and the central anticholinergic syndrome.

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Central Anticholinergic Syndrome Presenting as Akinetic Mutism

A case of central anticholinergic syndrome due to overdosage of trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride presenting as septal akinetic mutism with unequally dilated pupils is discussed in reference to similar presentation in animals and possible clinical application.

Opioid substitution treatment is linked to reduced risk of death in opioid use disorder

Deaths related to the “epidemic” of opioid use disorder are inescapable realities in communities across North America, with tags like “the American Carnage” and “this generations’ AIDS crisis” in the lay press. Prescription opioids, heroin, and, more recently, fentanyl have all contributed to a precipitous rise in deaths related to opioid overdose. The global burden of opioid use disorder also ...