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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; ().

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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