The use of techniques such as radiotherapy and radionuclides, as well as short-onset drugs, may be useful in decreasing pain flares, according to a study by Italian expert Professor Sebastiano Mercadante.
Incident pain, which occurs due to patient movement, is commonly associated with bone metastases and difficult to treat because the doses required to control the pain can produce adverse side effects.
Dr. Mercadante also found that a favorable balance between side effects and analgesia occurred when step 2 opioids were administered compared to low doses of morphine. In additional, the ideal drug for bone incident pain is characterized by a short onset and a duration that lasts the length of the pain due to movement.
Read the Irish Medical Times on the treatment of pain flares.
Read more on opioid treatment:
-Short Acting Opioids May Increase Fracture Risk in Elderly Patients
-Screening, Drug Reduction Essential for Ambulatory Surgery of Very Old and Very Young Patients
Incident pain, which occurs due to patient movement, is commonly associated with bone metastases and difficult to treat because the doses required to control the pain can produce adverse side effects.
Dr. Mercadante also found that a favorable balance between side effects and analgesia occurred when step 2 opioids were administered compared to low doses of morphine. In additional, the ideal drug for bone incident pain is characterized by a short onset and a duration that lasts the length of the pain due to movement.
Read the Irish Medical Times on the treatment of pain flares.
Read more on opioid treatment:
-Short Acting Opioids May Increase Fracture Risk in Elderly Patients
-Screening, Drug Reduction Essential for Ambulatory Surgery of Very Old and Very Young Patients