Morphine and the Relief of Cancer Pain

Robert Twycross, FRCP. 26pp, 210x148mm, 1999, 0906584507,
£3.95 (UK postpaid £4.40)

For the patient - offers answers to questions frequently asked by cancer patients when advised to start morphine therapy.
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Just what is morphine? Can it relieve pain completely? Will it get less effective in time? Does it really work when you take it by mouth - surely injections are necessary? Won't I become addicted if I go on taking it regularly? What about side effects? Will I be able to drive my car if I'm taking morphine? Does it mix all right with other medicines?

Morphine is one of the most important treatments for cancer pain, and yet its use is often needlessly surrounded by misunderstanding and anxiety. This booklet addresses the many questions commonly asked by patients when prescribed morphine. Written it in question-and-answer form, the answers should resolve most of the queries that a patient (and family or friends) may have about this valuable form of pain treatment.