PubMed · 3428137
Continuous nasogastric morphine infusion.
Abstract
Morphine sulfate is the narcotic analgesic most commonly used for pain treatment in terminally ill patients. This case report demonstrates a new method of morphine administration. A 56-year-old terminally ill cancer patient with severe pain from metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung required continuous nasogastric feeding and around-the-clock narcotic analgesics. The patient was safely and effectively converted from a continuous intravenous morphine infusion to continuous nasogastric morphine-enteral feedings. This method of administration may benefit patients receiving continuous enteral tube feedings who either require high-dose morphine therapy or are unable to use the oral administration route.
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M C Ingebretson, F Pucino, C L Beck, G L Strommen, A C McAskill, U P Rao, A N Almazan. 1987. Continuous nasogastric morphine infusion.. https://doi.org/10.1177/106002808702101006
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