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Temporary sedation with midazolam for control of severe incident pain
M A del Rosario1, A S Martín, J J Ortega
1Palliative Care and Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
|May 23, 2001
Abstract:
Incident pain frequently complicates cancer-related pain. Its treatment is sometimes very difficult due to poor responsiveness to opioids. Two cases are presented in which a temporary or intermittent sedation with midazolam was successfully used to control excruciating incident pain.