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Acta Anaesthesiol Belg · Jan 1988
Case ReportsIntrathecal morphine and clonidine for control of intractable cancer pain. A case report.
- E J van Essen, J G Bovill, E J Ploeger, and H Beerman.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Westeinde Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- Acta Anaesthesiol Belg. 1988 Jan 1;39(2):109-12.
AbstractThe use of intrathecal clonidine, in combination with intrathecal morphine, for the treatment of a patient with intractable cancer pain is reported. The addition of clonidine overcame the problem of tolerance to the analgesic effects of morphine alone. The patient was maintained pain free for three months, without complications, until his death. At autopsy, no evidence of neurotoxicity associated with the prolonged intrathecal administration of clonidine and morphine was found.
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