• Do laws impact opioids consumption? A breakpoint analysis based on italian sales data 

      Musazzi, Umberto Maria; Rocco, Paolo; Brunelli, Cinzia; Bisaglia, Luisa; Caraceni, Augusto Tomasso Giovanni; Minghetti, Paola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose: In Italy, where the adoption of opioid analgesics in pain management has been historically poor, an increase in opioids consumption occurred between 2000 and 2015. The aim of this study is to assess, through ...
    • Identification of genetic polymorphisms modulating nausea and vomiting in two series of opioid-treated cancer patients 

      Colombo, Francesca; Pintarelli, Giulia; Galvan, Antonella; Noci, Sara; Corli, Oscar; Skorpen, Frank; Klepstad, Pål; Kaasa, Stein; Pigni, Alessandra; Brunelli, Cinzia; Roberto, Anna; Piazza, Rocco; Pirola, Alessandra; Gambacorti-Passerini, Carlo; Caraceni, Augusto Tomasso Giovanni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Nausea and vomiting are often associated with opioid analgesia in cancer patients; however, only a subset of patients develop such side effects. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the occurrence of nausea and vomiting is ...