Safety profile of prophylactic rescue dosing of immediate-release oral opioids in cancer patients

• Main Authors: Rei Tanaka (Author), Hiroshi Ishikawa (Author), Tetsu Sato (Author), Michihiro Shino (Author), Katsuhiro Omae (Author), Tetsumi Sato (Author), Iwao Osaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Appropriate prophylactic rescue dosing of opioids is considered effective for cancer pain relief, but no study has reported the safety of such prophylactic rescue. We compared the safety of prophylactic rescue dosing of immediate-release oral opioids with that of regular rescue d...