Temporary sedation with midazolam for control of severe incident pain.
Incident pain frequently complicates cancer-related pain. Its treatment is sometimes very difficult due to poor responsiveness to opioids. Two cases are presented in which a temporary or intermittent sedation with midazolam was successfully used to control excruciating incident pain.
del Rosario
M A
MA
Palliative Care and Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Martín
A S
AS
Ortega
J J
JJ
Feria
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008874:Midazolam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008874:Midazolam