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A 70-Year-Old Male with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Reports a Burning

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A 70-year-old male with diabetic peripheral neuropathy reports a burning sensation in his feet. He also states, "Those pain pills make me feel funny, and they don't help my pain, so I don't take them." Which medication is likely to be most beneficial in treating this patient's neuropathic pain?


A) Morphine
B) Fentanyl
C) Gabapentin
D) Hydromorphone

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