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How do you decide which IV opioid to use for symptom relief at the end of life?
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Hospital Medicine · University of Washington
For patients at the end of life who need IV medications for symptom relief, I choose morphine, hydromorphone, or fentanyl depending on the patient's baseline opioid tolerance, symptom burden, and their kidney and liver function. Morphine is the lowest potency of these three options and is a good cho...