Erratum for Managing Pain: Improving Patient Outcomes and Optimizing Risk in Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain, a supplement to Resident & Staff Physician, Vol. 53, No. 10, November/December 2007
On page 16, item 4 in the sidebar should read: "If a 'rescue dose' is to be used, calculate it as 5%-15% of the total daily dose and administer at an appropriate interval. There are 2 exceptions to this guideline. The first is oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate, which generally should be started at a dose of 200 mcg. The second is fentanyl buccal tablets, which generally should be started at a dose of 100 mcg."
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