A systematic review of the influence of opioids on advanced cancer patient survival.

Abstract:

PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Many health professionals still believe that opioids shorten the lifespan of patients. This situation implies that the ethical doctrine of double effect is often invoked to justify their use in extreme circumstances. The objective of this study is to revise the evidence existing in the recently published literature regarding the effect on patient survival of opioid used to control disease symptoms. RECENT FINDINGS:A review of the scientific literature regarding the effects of opioids on symptom control and survival does not provide any evidence that there is an association between these two variables. SUMMARY:The studies revised have not shown that the use of opioids for symptom control in advanced disease stages or in the last days of life has any effect on patient survival. Similarly, survival was not influenced by either the use of higher or lower doses of opioids, or by the practice of administering a double dose at night.

authors

López-Saca JM,Guzmán JL,Centeno C

doi

10.1097/SPC.0b013e328365763a

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-12-01 00:00:00

pages

424-30

issue

4

eissn

1751-4258

issn

1751-4266

journal_volume

7

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