Intravenous Methadone for Severe Cancer Pain: A Presentation of 10 Cases

Table 1

Patient’s characteristics.

Patients	Sex	Age	Type of cancer	Pain treatment (mg/day)
1	F	32	Vulvar sarcoma	Hydromorphone 300/ketamine 150 (i.v.)
2	F	48	Lung (SCLC)	Oral methadone 210
3	M	49	Rectum	Oral methadone 180
4	F	20	Ewing sarcoma	Oral methadone 240
5	M	49	Colon	Morphine 900 (i.v.)
6	F	60	Vulvar carcinoma	Oral methadone 240
7	F	64	Vulvar carcinoma	Hydromorphone 50 (i.v.)
8	F	37	Vaginal carcinoma	Oral methadone 45
9	F	55	Uterine carcinoma	Fentanyl 300 (𝜇g/H)
10	M	41	Pelvic angiosarcoma	Hydromorphone 130/ketamine 100