Palliative care 2017
Fear for opioid tolerance can not justify
to withhold effective pain treatment
• palliative care unit UH Leuven
• >65y cancer patients (n = 1088)
1200
< 60 mg OME/dag (N=156)
60 - 299 mg OME/dag (N=533)
300 - 599 mg OME/dag (N=156) 600 - 900 mg OME/dag (N=52)
1000
> 900 mg OME/dag (N=82)
800
600
400
Mean OME dose (mg/day)
200
0
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