Safe perioperative opioid taper in cancer patients needs meticulous multimodal management

Indian Journal of Pain

关键词: Cancer pain;    multimodal;    opioids;    palliation;    safe discontinuation;    taper;   

DOI  :  10.4103/ijpn.ijpn_21_17

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Opioid therapy plays a vital role in chronic pain management of advanced cancer patients. Some patients require discontinuation of opioids when an intervention appropriately controls the pain. Safe discontinuation of opioids poses a challenge among lack of evidence-based standardized taper protocol. We report a patient with a soft tissue sarcoma in whom opioid was tapered in the background of acute postoperative pain.

【 授权许可】

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