Core decompression (CD) of the femoral head is one of the effective treatments of avascular necrosis (AVN), especially in the early stages of the disease. To investigate further the value of CD in treating the AVN, this study was performed on patients with symptomatic AVN with different etiologies who were treated with CD. This study was carried out on 25 patients (with the total number of 37 f...

BACKGROUND Osteonecrosis is common after taking Temgesic and Norgesic. This study intended to suggest the preferable surgical treatment in osteonecrosis patients who use these drugs. METHODS Twenty tree patients with hip osteonecrosis who were hospitalized in the Kerman hospitals after using Temgesic and Norgesic were followed for about 14 months from 2008 to 2010 (from a minimum of 2 months ...

Background: Osteonecrosis is common after taking Temgesic and Norgesic. This study intended to suggest the preferable surgical treatment in osteonecrosis patients who use these drugs. Methods: Twenty tree patients with hip osteonecrosis who were hospitalized in the Kerman hospitals after using Temgesic and Norgesic were followed for about 14 months from 2008 to 2010 (from a minimum of 2 months ...

core decompression (cd) of the femoral head is one of the effective treatments of avascular necrosis (avn), especially in the early stages of the disease. to investigate further the value of cd in treating the avn, this study was performed on patients with symptomatic avn with different etiologies who were treated with cd. this study was carried out on 25 patients (with the total number of 37 f...

Buprenorphine (BUP) is a powerful semisynthetic analgesic. The molecular structure of BUP is closely related to that of morphine, yet it has been estimated to be at least 25 times more potent. Initially, it was available for the treatment of both acute and chronic pain (marketed under various trade names including; Temgesic, Buprenex and Subutex). Following administration, BUP is absorbed and m...

The postoperative analgesic efficacy of buprenorphine (Temgesic; R & C Pharmaceuticals) 0.004 mg/kg and morphine 0.15 mg/kg were compared in 60 patients, both agents given by intramuscular injection. According to patients, buprenorphine gave better analgesia. There was no difference in the number of analgesic injections the two groups received in the 24-hour postoperative period. Cardiovascular...

background: the illicit vials with street name temgesic and norgesic has been distributed in black market of iran in recent years. with reference to their name, one may presume that they contain the opioid buprenorphine but there are some reports in opposition to this. true nature of these vials has been shown in the current study. methods: all of drugs that had been apprehended by law enforcem...

Introduction Buprenorphine is a thebaine derivative that was developed in the 1970s for pain relief. It was approved for substitution therapy in France in 1996, and in the USA in 2002. In Singapore, sublingual buprenorphine (2 and 8 mg tablets) has been available since 2002 for the treatment of opioid addiction, under the brand name Subutex. It is registered as a prescription-only medicine, but...