TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bannister, Kirsty
AU  - Dickenson, Anthony H.
PY  - 2012
TI  - The double cross of morphine: Stopping OIH in its tracks
JF  - Annals of Palliative Medicine; Vol 1, No 1 (April 24, 2012): Annals of Palliative Medicine
Y2  - 2012
KW  - 
N2  - The likelihood of suffering most chronic pain conditions  increases with age. Thus, as the elderly population of the world  expands, and as the incidence of pain goes up with age, it is  necessary to place an increased emphasis on the importance  of pain relief as a vital standard of care. Opioid medications  remain not only the gold standard analgesic against which all  others are compared, but also the primary source of analgesia  for chronic cancer and non-cancer pain. In line with this, the  licit global consumption of morphine increased by a factor of  7 between 1989 and 2009 (International Narcotics Control  Board, INCB).
UR  - https://apm.amegroups.org/article/view/573