• Aust Fam Physician · Dec 2000

    Pain management in palliative care. Morphine and the 'new' opioids in 2000.

    • K Virik and P Glare.
    • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales. kiran@pal.cs.nsw.gov.au
    • Aust Fam Physician. 2000 Dec 1;29(12):1167-71.

    BackgroundAlthough morphine is the mainstay of pharmacological therapy in cancer pain, it remains feared and suboptimally used. Different formulations and the advent of 'new' opioids facilitate the attainment of pain control.ObjectiveTo clarify the current role of various opioids including morphine in the management of cancer pain. To provide a practical framework to guide 'best practice' opioid use in a general practice setting.DiscussionThe optimal application of opioids is governed by their clinical pharmacology and hindered by unfounded fears and misunderstanding. Different formulations within different types of opioids augment a favourable balance in the pain relief versus adverse effects equation and used within a four point approach, should serve to deliver optimal pain control.

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