Adverse events · adults receiving intravenous opioids
Prophylactic dopamine antagonist antiemetic medications showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events: appetite, thirst, somnolence · people with cancer pain
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · participants with advanced cancer who have nausea and vomiting not related to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Participants experiencing anyserious adverseevents · adults with chronic neuropathic pain
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Adverse events · people receiving palliative care irrespective of whether they had cancer with opioid‐induced bowel dysfunction
Methylnaltrexone may leads to higher adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · people receiving palliative care irrespective of whether they had cancer with opioid‐induced bowel dysfunction
Methylnaltrexone lower dose showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with higher dose (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse eventsi · people receiving palliative care irrespective of whether they had cancer with opioid‐induced bowel dysfunction
Methylnaltrexone may leads to lower serious adverse eventsi compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events · people receiving palliative care irrespective of whether they had cancer with opioid‐induced bowel dysfunction
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Adverse events · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (single lesion, no prior radiotherapy, fit for surgery)
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (fit for surgery, paraplegic less than 48 hours, and without multiple discrete…
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (without peptic ulceration or infection; mixed prognosis)
High‐dose corticosteroids probably leads to higher serious adverse events compared with moderate‐dose or no corticosteroids (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea and nausea · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis with visceral metastasis, and no spinal instability or bony…
Single‐fraction radiotherapy (8 Gy) showed no clear difference in adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea and nausea compared with short‐course radiotherapy (16 Gy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea and nausea · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis, no spinal instability or bony impingement of cord)
Split‐course radiotherapy (8 fractions, 30 Gy) showed no clear difference in adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea, and nausea compared with short‐course radiotherapy (2 fractions, 16 Gy) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review