title: High-dose morphine for intractable phantom limb pain.
abstract: Phantom limb pain is difficult to treat as existing therapies have limited effectiveness and what works for one person may not work for another. This makes the fact that research is ongoing and advancing even more important to many people who have this problem. We are reporting a case of intractable phantom limb pain whose pain did not respond to usual line of treatment and only high dose of morphine made the patient totally pain free.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Anesthesiology, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India. mseema17@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
authors.forename: Amit Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singhal
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009020:Morphine