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Take multiple factors into account when choosing the best opioid for pain therapy in paediatric palliative care
Drugs & Therapy Perspectives, 10/16/09

Many children receiving palliative care require opioid treatment for pain. The choice of opioid should be based on scientific evidence, pain pathophysiology, and available administration modes, with doses calculated on the basis of weight up to a maximum starting dose. Morphine remains the gold standard starting opioid in paediatric palliative care; however, other opioids may also be used as long–term therapy and/or to treat breakthrough pain

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The INFUSE Morphine Study: Use of Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase (rHuPH20) to Enhance the Absorption of Subcutaneously Administered Morphine in Patients with Advanced Illness
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 10/13/09 Relevance Score: 87%

The intravenous to oral relative milligram potency ratio of morphine during chronic dosing in cancer pain
Palliative Medicine, 11/17/09 Relevance Score: 86%

The Role of Fentanyl in Cancer-Related Pain
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 10/07/09 Relevance Score: 86%

Using play therarpy in paediatric palliative care: listening to the story and caring for the body
International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 11/03/09 Relevance Score: 83%

Selective Antagonism of Opioid-Induced Ventilatory Depression by an Ampakine Molecule in Humans Without Loss of Opioid Analgesia
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 11/17/09 Relevance Score: 80%