ABSTRACT
In 2018, the World Health Organization revised its cancer pain therapy, abolishing the three-step pain relief ladder and recommending the use of opioid analgesics(OA)according to the pain intensity. Of opioid naive patients who were admitted to Chibaken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital from July 2015 to June 2017, treatment with weak OA was initiated in 13 patients(WOA group)and low-dose strong OA in 12 patients(SOA group). The numerical rating scale values immediately before the start of OA and 3, 7 and 14 days later were not significantly different between the 2 groups. As for adverse events, the frequency of occurrence(p=0.01)and the prolongation of the last onset date(p=0.02)were significant in the WOA group for constipation. When the factors related to OA selection were analyzed using logistic regression analysis, there was no significance. We reported the analysis results regarding OA selection in OA naive patients.
