J Korean Pain Soc.
1991 Nov;4(2):179-185.
Oral Analgesics for Patients with Cancer Pain
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Anesthesiology Kyungju College of Medicine DongGuk University, Kyungju, Korea.
- 3Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- We investigated the effect of oral analgesics for patients with cancer pain, retrospectively. One hundred forty six cases were randomly selected during the period between l986 to 1990. These patients were treated with Tramadol (n=31), Tylenol III (Acetaminophen plus codein phosphate, n=44) or MS-Contin (n=7l). partial to complete pain relief as achieved accord to each durg group at 67.8, 68.2 and 76.l% respectively. Minimal side effects were noted in a few patients. Our results show encouraging possibilities for pain control in cancer patients. However, futher studies should be done to find more effective cancer pain management by oral analgesics.
