Journal of Opioid Management 2013-12-01

Patterns of care and side effects for patients prescribed methadone for treatment of chronic pain.

TaraA Macey, MelissaB Weimer, ElizabethM Grimaldi, StevenK Dobscha, BenjaminJ Morasco

Index: J. Opioid Manag. 9(5) , 325-33, (2013)

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Abstract

This manuscript evaluates physician monitoring practices and incidence of cardiac side effects following initiation of methadone for treatment of chronic pain as compared to patients who began treatment for chronic pain with morphine sustained release (SR).