Opioids Are Still Appropriate for Moderate or Severe Cancer Pain

December 2016

The shift away from opioids for NONcancer pain is raising questions about how to treat pain in adults with cancer.

Recommend acetaminophen, an NSAID, or both for mild pain.

But over half of cancer patients have moderate to severe pain.

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Table of Contents

Immunizations Give Just Two Doses of HPV Vaccine to Most Children
Statins Ensure Appropriate Diabetes Patients Are on Target Statin Doses
Infectious Diseases Hold Off on Antibiotics for Some Kids with Acute Otitis Media
Diabetes Don't Use a Non-Insulin Diabetes Med in Most Type 1 Patients
Gout Consider an Oral Steroid Instead of an NSAID for Acute Gout
Pregnancy Use Enoxaparin in Pregnant Women at Risk for Thromboembolism
Supplements Tell Patients Not to Rely on Turmeric
Vaccines Explain Why Patients Shouldn't Wait to Get Shingrix Instead of Zostavax
Women's Health Support Breastfeeding Mothers by Offering Help With Common Problems
Cancer Opioids Are Still Appropriate for Moderate or Severe Cancer Pain
Insulin Think of Basaglar as a New BRAND of Insulin Glargine...NOT a Generic for Lantus
Adverse Events Document Allergic Reactions to Excipients in the Patient's Chart
Heart Failure Don't Add Tolvaptan (Samsca) to Improve Diuresis in HF Patients