Use of the subcutaneous route for the ad
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Eduardo Bruera; C. Brenneis; M. Michaud; R. Bacovsky; S. Chadwick; A. Emeno; N.
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Article
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1988
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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From February 1985 until January 1987, 108 consecutive patients with pain due to advanced cancer requiring parenteral narcotics were treated with a subcutaneous infusion of morphine (62 patients) or hydromorphone (46 patients). Mean maximal daily dose of morphine and hydromorphone was 305 mg (range,