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Initiating morphine
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Pain Classification
Pain Diagnosis
Pain - Drug management
WHO Pain Guidelines
Initiating morphine
Morphine titration
Managing morphine maintenance
Adverse effects of morphine
Opioid rotation
Alternatives to morphine
Equianalgesic potencies
Golden rules of pain control
Adjuvant pain therapies
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Golden rules of pain control - Archived
- Always use oral formulations where possible.
- Use appropriate adjuvants at all stages.
- Do not rotate medications within a step; move on to the next step if pain is no longer controlled (the exception is at Step 3).
- Major opioids should never be prescribed solely ‘as needed’. They should always accompany background major opioids given regularly.
Edition/Revision: 1.0
Created 18 Jul 2013 - Archived
Validated 19 Jul 2013 by Ian Back
Last modified 19 Apr 2024
Validated 19 Jul 2013 by Ian Back
Last modified 19 Apr 2024
