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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Jun 3;36(4):383–395. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.11.006

Table 2.

Reasons for Early Termination

Reason for discontinuation No.
Medication agreement violation 38
Patient voluntary withdrawal 17
Surgical/medical reasons 10
Psychiatric/mental health reasons 2
Other 2

Total patient drop-out 69