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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Principais autores:	Miho Takemura, Kazuyuki Niki, Yoshiaki Okamoto, Yoshinobu Matsuda, Makie Kohno, Mikiko Ueda
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2023-07-01
Series:	Palliative Medicine Reports
Assuntos:	cancer pain management drug-induced daytime sleepiness methadone opioid switch palliative care
Acceso en liña:	https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/PMR.2023.0007
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