The Treatment of Pain in the Elderly Patient. The use of Oral Morphine in the Treatment of Pain.

These reports concern 117 elderly patients suffering from cancerous pain and demonstrate the efficacy of oral morphine treatment, more often associated with adjuvants. The score relief is good. The frequent side effects have been in the most cases rapidly controlled by appropriate measures. Being old is not an obstacle for a safe and efficient analgesic treatment. The useful dosage of morphine, the scores of relief, and the frequency of side effects are comparable to those observed in non-geriatric groups.