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Question
6.4.2
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Sustained
release drug
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Morphine
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Fentanyl
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Ending
dose, mean (sustained release med only)
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200
mg/day
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40
mcg/hr
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Average
pain, 100 mm VAS
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42
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43
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Rescue
doses/24 hrs
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1.4
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1.4
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If patients
progressively develop tolerance to opioids in general, this will tend to increase
the required dose of the second drug.
 
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