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

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