Pain interventions in adults with intellectual disability: a scoping review and pharmacological considerations

ConclusionThe specificity of analgesic treatments in adults with ID is a totally unexplored domain. In the absence of clinical guidelines, pharmacological facts ‐ such as inter‐individual variability in drug response, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions, frequent comorbidities and ease of administration ‐ must be systematically integrated, when prescribing in the population of adults with ID.
Source: European Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: REVIEW ARTICLE Source Type: research