QTc prolongation: methadone's efficacy-safety paradox

Lancet. 2006 Aug 12;368(9535):556-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69173-3.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
  • Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
  • Heroin Dependence / rehabilitation*
  • Humans
  • Long QT Syndrome / chemically induced*
  • Long QT Syndrome / mortality
  • Methadone / administration & dosage
  • Methadone / adverse effects*
  • Methadone / therapeutic use
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Methadone