Opioid switching in cancer pain: From the beginning to nowadays

•Opioid therapy in cancer patients should be highly individualized.•Opioid switching may allow to establish a more advantageous analgesia/toxicity relationship.•Indications for opioid switching require different modalities of intervention.•The knowledge of opioid pharmacology is of paramount importa...

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Published in:	Critical reviews in oncology/hematology Vol. 99; pp. 241 - 248
Main Authors:	Mercadante, Sebastiano, Bruera, Eduardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.03.2016
Subjects:	Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use Cancer pain Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Neoplasms - complications Neoplasms - therapy Opioid rotation Opioid switching Pain - drug therapy Pain - etiology Palliative Care Opioid switching Cancer pain Opioid rotation
ISSN:	1040-8428, 1879-0461, 1879-0461
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