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Keeping patients safe from iatrogenic methadone overdoses.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 14, 2008;13:1-3.

This article describes errors that can occur when methadone is prescribed for pain and offers safe practice recommendations for the use of this medication.
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