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A 32-year-old ex-heroin addict with hepatitis C requires an urgent laparotomy for Rx of a perforated duodenal ulcer. The patient is undergoing treatment with naltrexone. The results of pre-operative coagulation studies include an INR for the prothrombin time of 1.8 and a platelet count of 85,000/cubic mm. Given this scenario, which of the following post-operative analgesic techniques would be most appropriate?

A
Local anaesthetic-based epidural analgesia.
B
Ketamine patient-controlled analgesia
C
Intramuscular Methadone
D
Fentanyl-based epidural analgesia

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