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Analgesics: the WHO ladder

Prospective series of 129 patients

[Ventafidda et al 1987]

Pain control using ladder in 871

Step 1 alone:

11%

Step 2 alone:

24%

Step 3 alone:

26.5%

All 3 steps:

33.6%