Methadone as a rescue for failed high-dose opiate therapy for catastrophic pain

Support Care Cancer. 2000 Mar;8(2):138-40. doi: 10.1007/s005200050029.

Abstract

Methadone is a unique opioid with several special properties besides being a mu agonist, which makes for difficulty in the calculation of equianalgesic doses. A series of three cases is presented to illustrate this point.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage*
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
  • Female
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methadone / administration & dosage*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain, Intractable / drug therapy*
  • Palliative Care*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Methadone