title: Samarium-153-lexidronam therapy for metastatic bone pain.
abstract: Multidisciplinary management may offer alternative therapeutic strategies in patients. Bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals offered alongside traditional approaches to analgesia may be useful in the treatment of metastatic bone pain. A case of metastatic bone pain in which (153)Sm-lexidronam therapy was used is presented. Minimal side effects, as well as a reduction in opioid use (via patient-controlled analgesia), were observed in this case.
authors.affiliation: Pain Unit, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain .
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ribera
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C061972:samarium Sm-153 lexidronam