Morphine as first medication for treatment of cancer pain

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: the medications used according to the recommendation of the World Health Organization do not promote pain relief in a number of patients with cancer pain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of morphine as first medication for the treatment of moderate cancer pa...

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Main Authors: Beatriz C. Nunes, João Batista dos Santos Garcia, Rioko Kimiko Sakata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia 2014-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942014000400236&lng=en&tlng=en