title: Management of pain in the terminally ill by administration of epidural narcotics.
abstract: Fifteen patients with chronic malignant intractable pain were given epidural narcotics for periods of up to 280 days. The majority were treated at home. The patients self-administered the narcotics through an indwelling epidural catheter that had been tunneled and brought out onto the anterior abdominal wall. The results are presented together with the problems encountered.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D004824:Epidural Space; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009294:Narcotics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D012646:Self Administration; D013727:Terminal Care
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D009020:Morphine