90. A home care patient with chronic pain is prescribed a long-acting opioid. They report breakthrough pain. What medicinal action is most appropriate?

  • Advise them to take more of the long-acting opioid
  • Assess the pain and administer a prescribed short-acting opioid for breakthrough pain, if available
  • Tell them to just tolerate the pain
  • Advise them to stop all pain medication
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