Out-of-Hospital Mortality Among Patients Receiving Methadone for Noncancer Pain.
AUTHORS
Ray
WA ,
Chung
CP ,
Murray
KT ,
Cooper
WO ,
Hall
K ,
Stein
CM ,
. JAMA internal medicine. 2015 1 19; ().
- PMID: 25599329 [PubMed].
ABSTRACT
Growing methadone use in pain management has raised concerns regarding its safety relative to other long-acting opioids. Methadone hydrochloride may increase the risk for lethal respiratory depression related to accidental overdose and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.
Growing methadone use in pain management has raised concerns regarding its safety relative to other long-acting opioids. Methadone hydrochloride may increase the risk for lethal respiratory depression related to accidental overdose and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.
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