Oral morphine is suitable for the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain
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- KATO Yoshiko
- Department of Anesthesia, Yamagata University Hospital
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- YAMAKAWA Mayumi
- Department of Anesthesia, Yamagata University Hospital
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- NAGAOKA Yuki
- Department of Anesthesia, Yamagata University Hospital
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- KATO Akira
- Department of Anesthesia, Okitama Public General Hospital
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- Other Title
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- 慢性疼痛に対する長期モルヒネ治療
- ショウレイ マンセイ トウツウ ニ タイスル チョウキ モルヒネ チリョウ
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Abstract
Since 1988, we have administered morphine, based on the “WHO method of cancer pain relief”, to patients suffering from severe chronic non-cancer pain. The greater part of the patients completed the therapy with satisfactory results within a few months. In fourteen patients the treatment was continued effectively up to over one year. In the case of a 55 year-old female (SLE), severe spinal and multiple joint pain were relieved with morphine and daily activity was restored for 13 years. In another case, a 48 year-old female (Scleroderma), with severe pain due to ulcers on the fingers and toes was treated well with morphine for 7 years. As the pain-relieving dose of morphine was varied according to the severity of pain, it decreased promptly with no trouble after pain was reduced in all patients. It is an essential part of our treatment strategy to advise patients on the proper use of morphine when taking analgesics (morphine) as their own decision and maintaining a pain-free state at all times. When “patient-controlled pain-relief” with oral morphine is carried out well, it becomes a reliable and safe method for the treatment of severe chronic pain.
Journal
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- Journal of Japan Society of Pain Clinicians
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Journal of Japan Society of Pain Clinicians 12 (1), 25-28, 2005
Japan Society of Pain Clinicians
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001204457929344
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- NII Article ID
- 130004239061
- 10014315839
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- NII Book ID
- AN10440947
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- ISSN
- 18841791
- 13404903
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- NDL BIB ID
- 7230963
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- JaLC
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
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