[Patient education in cancer pain management with opioids]

Nihon Rinsho. 2007 Jan;65(1):42-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

It is important for pharmacists to remove patients' anxiety and misunderstanding about cancer pain management with opioids. Furthermore, we need to explain how to take opioids as well as its effects and side-effects and make sure they are correctly understood so that patients and their family members adequately use the medicine. Here describes the patient education which aims to remove patients' anxiety and misunderstanding about opioids and urge patients to be proactively involved in cancer pain management.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage*
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Pain / drug therapy*
  • Patient Education as Topic / methods*
  • Patients / psychology*

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid