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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Treatment of breakthrough cancer pain: to titrate or to proportionate?

Curr Med Res Opin. 2013 Sep 5.

 

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Department of Anesthesiology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA) , Edegem , Belgium.

Abstract

Breakthrough cancer pain can be treated effectively by rapid-onset opioids, such as sublingual fentanyl. However, it remained unclear how the optimal dose of sublingual fentanyl should be determined. Dosing proportional to basic opioid regimen is now proposed as an alternative to dose titration.

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