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ModeratePalliative CareRefractory breathlessness in palliative careuk-plab-1

A 70-year-old woman with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is breathless at rest and has a prognosis of months. She is not responding to maximal inhaler therapy. According to palliative care guidance, which medication is appropriate to help relieve her refractory breathlessness

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