1. The WHO analgesic ladder: 25 years on.
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Zeppetella, Giovambattista
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ANALGESICS , *CANCER pain , *DRUG administration , *PHARMACEUTICAL arithmetic - Abstract
In this article the author discusses guidelines on the pharmacological management of cancer pain which were created and published by the World Health Organization. The author is supportive of the organization's original guidelines on the management of cancer pain but suggests that in 2011 they may have to be adapted since new drugs, formulations, and different methods of administration have changed the way in which cancer pain is managed.
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- 2011
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