Despite that, many nurses incorrectly answered three of four questions designed to test their knowledge of specific opioid practices, researcher Margaret Barnett reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
There is a concern about potential shortages of opioid painkillers with the sudden withdrawal of all unapproved versions of the medication, says Porter Storey, MD, executive vice president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
TAMPA -- Levorphanol appears to be an attractive option for the treatment of refractory pain that does not respond to other opioids, based on a case series of 31 patients presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association.