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Identification of Factors Contributing to Methadone-Induced Daytime Sleepiness in Cancer Patients and Proposal of the Conversion Ratio from Other Opioids to Oral Methadone: A Retrospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: When methadone is used to treat cancer pain, the Japanese health insurance system recommends to determine the starting dose according to the equivalency conversion table based on the morphine-equivalent daily dose (MEDD) of prior opioids proposed by the National Comprehensive Cancer Netw...

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Autores principales: Takemura, Miho, Niki, Kazuyuki, Okamoto, Yoshiaki, Matsuda, Yoshinobu, Kohno, Makie, Ueda, Mikiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37528989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pmr.2023.0007