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Methadone prescribed as an analgesic by a specialist palliative medicine team in an acute hospital inpatient setting: retrospective study

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  • Jennifer Hayes Department of Palliative Medicine, Galway University Hospital, Saolta Hospitals Group, Galway, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dympna Waldron Department of Palliative Medicine, Galway University Hospital, Saolta Hospitals Group, Galway, Ireland Department of Medicine, The College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kirk J Levins Department of Pain Medicine, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Department of Clinical Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laura Gaffney Department of Palliative Medicine, Galway University Hospital, Saolta Hospitals Group, Galway, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mahrukh Azhar Department of Palliative Medicine, Galway University Hospital, Saolta Hospitals Group, Galway, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sharon Beatty Department of Palliative Medicine, Galway University Hospital, Saolta Hospitals Group, Galway, Ireland Department of Medicine, The College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Eileen Mannion Department of Palliative Medicine, Galway University Hospital, Saolta Hospitals Group, Galway, Ireland Department of Medicine, The College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jennifer Hayes, Department of Palliative Medicine, Galway University Hospital, Saolta Hospitals Group, Galway, Ireland; jhayes2{at}gmail.com
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Hayes J, Waldron D, Levins KJ, et al
Methadone prescribed as an analgesic by a specialist palliative medicine team in an acute hospital inpatient setting: retrospective study
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2023;13:e839-e842.

Publication history

  • Received February 28, 2022
  • Accepted August 24, 2022
  • First published September 14, 2022.
Online issue publication 
January 11, 2024

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