Abstract
Single Best Answer Question
You are thinking of starting a 67-year-old gentleman with bronchogenic carcinoma on fentanyl transdermal patches. He is currently on oral sustained release morphine 100 mg in 24 hours, which is helping with his pain. However, he finds swallowing progressively more difficult.
Start on fentanyl patches at a dose of 12.5 microgram/hour Start on fentanyl patches at a dose of 25 microgram/hour Start on fentanyl patches at a dose of 37.5 microgram/hour Start on fentanyl patches at a dose of 50 microgram/hour You cannot swap from sustained release morphine to fentanyl
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