Cancer pain management with a controlled-release oral morphine preparation Journal Article
| Authors: | Lapin, J.; Houde, R. W.; Kaiko, R. F.; Coyle, N.; Rogers, A.; Foley, K. M. |
| Article Title: | Cancer pain management with a controlled-release oral morphine preparation |
| Abstract: | An open-label pilot study was conducted to assess the efficacy and acceptability of a controlled-release oral morphine formulation, MS Contin tablets, when administered "by the clock" two to three times daily as a substitute for opioids given on request to patients with pain caused by advanced cancer. Initially, four-hourly doses of standard "immediate-release" oral morphine sulfate tablets were substituted for the patients' prior analgesic medication and titrated to individual needs. Forty of the 47 patients enrolled in the study were subsequently switched to an eight-hourly MS Contin regimen (three patients became too ill to continue the study, and four left the study during the immediate-release titration phase because of adverse reactions that may have been drug related). Small "rescue" doses of standard oral morphine were available to the patients, but they were taken infrequently. Twenty-one of the 37 patients maintained on the eighthourly schedule consented to be treated with, and were subsequently stabilized on, MS Contin administered every 12 hr, with a reduction of over 20% in their average daily morphine dose. Most of the patients rated the controlled-release medication superior to the standard oral morphine tablets in terms of both convenience and adequacy of relief. © 1989. |
| Keywords: | adolescent; adult; aged; constipation; neoplasms; pain; breast cancer; nausea; cancer pain; abdominal pain; pethidine; pilot projects; cancer care facilities; new york city; short survey; methadone; morphine; administration, oral; hydromorphone; levorphanol; oxycodone; oral drug administration; intramuscular drug administration; middle age; codeine; delayed-action preparations; cancer pain management; controlled-release; human; male; female; support, non-u.s. gov't; support, u.s. gov't, p.h.s.; oral morphine |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 0885-3924 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 1989-09-01 |
| Start Page: | 146 |
| End Page: | 151 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0885-3924(89)90008-0 |
| PUBMED: | 2778362 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 14 April 2020 -- Source: Scopus |
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