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Parenteral methadone for intense pain crises in cancer of the tongue with severe mucositis and dysphagia , is useful en patients receiving maintenance treatment with methadone (MTM) This is an example what describe good results in the use of methadone as an analgesic in patients with MTM.

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Intravenous methadone is an effective analgesic for severe oncological pain with a neuropathic component in patients with MTM ( maintenance treatment with methadone )

Alba Gabriela Picco Brunetto

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This page is a summary of: Intravenous methadone in a patient with advanced cancer, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, October 2018, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001624.
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