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Accelerated titration of morphine for rapid relief of cancer pain
1Te Omanga Hospice, Lower Hutt.
The New Zealand Medical Journal
|November 23, 1994
Abstract
Aim:
To reduce the time taken to achieve relief when a strong narcotic is indicated for the control of cancer pain.
Method:
A method of accelerated titration of morphine dosage is described. The time taken to achieve good pain control in 50 consecutive terminally ill cancer patients was recorded.
Results:
The average time to taken to control pain was 26 hours for patients being cared for at home, and 6 hours for hospice inpatients.
Conclusions:
Rapid pain control with morphine can be achieved safely within hours in most cancer patients with morphine responsive pain.