Cancer patients should standardize the use of analgesic drugs

As early as 1982, the World Health Organization proposed a "three-step analgesic ladder of cancer guiding principles" that, according to the severity of the pain will be divided into light, medium and heavy three levels, click here to choose a different drug. Mild pain is generally tolerable daily life and sleep are not affected, you can choose to aspirin as the representative of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs; if developed to moderate persistent pain, sleep will be subject to interference, have also been decreased appetite, this time with codeine, represented by a weak opioid drugs will become the first choice; while severe, intolerable pain patients, you need to use of morphine as the representative of the potent opioid drug formulations.

An adjuvant in the entire "three-step principle" also serve as a very important role. Stability class, antidepressant and anti-spasm drugs can not only enhance the analgesic effect of opioids, but also be able to lift the pain caused by anxiety, depression and irritability or other psychological symptoms; while gastric mucosal protective agent, gastrointestinal motility drugs and the laxative laxative and so can be targeted to prevent or mitigate the side effects of various analgesic drugs, such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, etc., in order to ensure the "three step principle" to proceed smoothly.

Treatment of cancer pain analgesic drugs commonly used non-narcotic analgesics, and two types of narcotic analgesics, narcotic analgesics have Jiao A film-type drugs, such drugs have a dual role: therapeutic effect and the "addiction" . Many patients or medical staff are often resistant to opioids phenomena or due to progression of the disease increase the dose misunderstood as "addiction." Analgesic drug resistance performance is the first time the role of dose, efficacy decreased, for severe cancer pain, morphine dose can be gradually increased. Use of oral route of administration compared with intramuscular injection means more prone to resistance, so the initial stage of cancer pain treatment to promote oral administration.
Cancer patients should standardize the use of analgesic drugs


Today, pain management techniques to reduce the patient's opioid drugs on demand, greatly reducing the incidence of addiction. For example, push the tube and ventricle injection, nerve block (broken) technology, patient-controlled analgesia, making the role of opioids to maximize performance.

A very small number of addicts there arbitrarily increase the amount of drugs and medication times and, therefore, in the course of treatment of cancer pain, the medication on doctor's medical advice is essential, do not arbitrarily increase the amount of drugs and medication times.

The treatment of cancer pain must be out of the "addiction" of the errors, the correct treatment of opioid pain medication to relieve medication barriers and concerns, can the treatment of cancer pain intensity or the use of adequate doses of opioid drugs, so that the patient's pain satisfactory relief of pain patients to improve quality of life.