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Assess the therapeutic efficacy, adverse event profiles, and long-term limitations of intraspinal morphine administration for chronic cancer pain.

June 1, 1987Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Intraspinal morphine for cancer pain

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Assess the therapeutic efficacy, adverse event profiles, and long-term limitations of intraspinal morphine administration for chronic cancer pain.
Reviewed published literature covering 412 cases receiving chronic intraspinal morphine therapy.
Analyzed clinical outcomes from an institutional cohort of 75 cancer patients receiving epidural (N=22) or intrathecal (N=53) morphine.
Continuous administration using closed delivery systems yielded superior long-term analgesia compared to intermittent dosing, though marked analgesic tolerance developed with prolonged use.
Epidural delivery exhibited a lower incidence of severe adverse effects than intrathecal administration, despite an overall scarcity of systematic follow-up data across published reports.
Clinical effectiveness was frequently limited by mechanical delivery complications and the emergence of morphine-resistant pain phenotypes as cancer progressed.

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Clinical review reveals variable efficacy and notable tolerance from intraspinal morphine in cancer pain, indicating technical and pharmacological barriers to widespread use.

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Ventafridda et al. (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a98e84038b9b8dc371ff280 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.1987.tb02669.x

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Clinical review reveals variable efficacy and notable tolerance from intraspinal morphine in cancer pain, indicating technical and pharmacological barriers to widespread use.

Intraspinal morphine for cancer pain

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