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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jun 2013
Case ReportsVery-high-dose methadone with minimal toxicity and inadequate pain control in a hospice patient with cancer.
- Natalie M Latuga and Robert G Wahler.
- The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, 225 Como Park Boulevard, Cheektowaga, NY 14227, USA. nlatugarx@gmail.com
- J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2013 Jun 1;27(2):143-9.
AbstractA case is reported of a 48-year-old Caucasian male who was admitted to hospice care with metastatic cancer of the larynx. The patient required very high methadone doses and experienced little opioid toxicity. The pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of methadone are discussed in the context of this patient experience.
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