A case with a trend of QT interval prolongation due to the introduction of methadone to a pancreatic cancer patient on levofloxacin

• Päätekijät: Ryusuke Ouchi (Tekijä), Munenori Nagao (Tekijä), Shinju Suzuki (Tekijä), Toshihiro Yamagata (Tekijä), Mie Chiba (Tekijä), Naoko Kurata (Tekijä), Kensuke Usui (Tekijä), Takashi Watanabe (Tekijä), Kaori Koyama (Tekijä), Kouji Okada (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background As methadone can prevent the development of opioid resistance, it has application in alleviating cancer-related pain that proves challenging to manage with other opioids. QT interval prolongation is a serious side effect of methadone treatment, with some reported deaths. In parti...