• J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 1989

    Case Reports

    Thoracic epidural morphine in the palliation of chest wall pain secondary to relapsing polychondritis.

    • S D Waldman and M C Cronen.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 1989 Mar 1; 4 (1): 38-40.

    AbstractRelapsing polychondritis is a rare disease of unknown etiology characterized pathologically by degeneration of the chondrocyte and replacement with fibrous connective tissue. The following case report presents the pain management of a 34-yr-old man suffering from intractable pain secondary to relapsing polychondritis. Systemic narcotic analgesics, adjunctive drugs, and peripheral nerve blocks with local anesthetic and steroid failed to adequately control the patient's pain. Thoracic epidural morphine was used to provide excellent relief of pain. Factors in the selection of an implantable narcotic delivery system as well as practical considerations including tolerance and potential side effects of intraspinal narcotics are discussed. Ethical issues surrounding the chronic use of intraspinal narcotics in the setting of chronic benign pain are also discussed.

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