A LONG-TERM SURVEY OF MORPHINE IN CANCER PAIN PATIENTS

被引:109
作者
SCHUG, SA
ZECH, D
GROND, S
JUNG, H
MEUSER, T
STOBBE, B
机构
[1] Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland
[2] Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cologne, Cologne
关键词
CANCER PAIN; WHO GUIDELINES; MORPHINE; COANALGESICS; PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE; TOLERANCE; ADDICTION; SIDE EFFECTS;
D O I
10.1016/0885-3924(92)90059-Q
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
We surveyed 550 cancer patients who experienced pain and were treated with morphine for a total of 22,525 treatment days. Sufficient pain relief was achieved during more than 80% of this time using an average oral morphine dose of 82.4 mg-significantly lower than other studies. The use of this low dose, which was possible due to the concomitant administration of nonopioids and specific coanalgesics in most patients, resulted in a low incidence of side effects. Constipation and nausea/vomiting were the most common of these side effects. Physical dependence posed no practical problem in discontinuation Of morphine treatment. Long-term opioid intake and development of tolerance did not appear to be linked; an increase in morphine dosage was most often explained by progression of the terminal disease. Addiction was a negligible problem, with only one observed case.
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