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Training on Clinical Care of HIV, AIDS and Opportunistic Infections
Unit 11Palliative CarePart 1: Pain Management
Training on Clinical Care of HIV, AIDS and Opportunistic Infections
Learning Objectives
• Discuss the approach to relief of symptoms during the course of HIV infection
• Describe the stepped approach to pain control and the use of analgesics
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WHO Definition of Palliative Care
• An approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illnesses, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems—physical, psychological and spiritual (WHO, 2002)
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Definition of Pain
• An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience often associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage.
Adapted from international Association for the Study of Pain
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Types of Pain
• Nociceptive• Related to tissue injury or tissue stress
• Neuropathic• Produced by nerves themselves
• Intestinal Colic• Nociceptive, but worsened by opioids
• Bone pain• May not respond to opioids
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Pain as a Symptom of a Treatable Condition
• Headache
• Chest pain
• Pharyngeal or retrosternal pain
• Abdominal pain
• Skin pain
• Leg pain (neuropathy)
• Generalised pain
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Causes of Headache
• Tension headache• Febrile illness
• Malaria• Sinusitis
• With focal abnormalities• Brain mass lesion like toxoplasmosis or
tuberculoma
• Acute Meningitis• Pneumococcus, Meningococcus
• Chronic Meningitis• Cryptococcus and TB
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Causes of Chest Pain
• With cough or dyspnea• Pneumonia• Tuberculosis
• Substernal pain not associated with swallowing• Mediastinal adenopathy or disease
• TB, KS
• Pericarditis• TB
• Pain on swallowing• See retrosternal pain
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Pharyngeal or Retrosternal Pain
• Oropharyngeal• Tonsillitis/pharyngitis• Oral candidiasis• Herpes simplex• Aphthous ulcers• Kaposi’s Sarcoma• Gingivitis
• Oesophageal• Acid reflux• Candidiasis• CMV or HSV• Aphthous ulcers• Kaposi’s Sarcoma
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Abdominal Pain
• Upper GI tract• Dyspepsia• Gastric or peptic ulcer disease
• Enterocolitis/Diarrhea• Intestinal parasites• Bacterial dysentery• Clostridium difficile• TB, MOTT and CMV
• Biliary Tract Disease• Opportunistic agents of enterocolitis
• Abdominal masses• Peritonitis (TB)• Abscess• KS and lymphoma
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Skin Pain
• Herpes (Varicella) Zoster
• Post-herpetic neuralgia
• Skin infections• Impetigo and pyoderma• Folliculitis• Cellulitis
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Leg pain
• Neuropathy• HIV• Medications
• d4T, ddI
• INH
• Vitamin deficiency• Post-Herpetic neuralgia• Diabetes
• Poor circulation• Localized infections• Venous thrombosis
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Generalised Pain
• Fever
• Bed-ridden status
• Rheumatism
• Non-specific etiology
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Relationship Between Specific Treatment and Symptom Relief
Specific Treatment
Symptom Relief
Initial Diagnosis
Evolution of the illness
Death
Passage of time
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Stepped Approach to Analgesic Therapy
Mild PainMild PainNon-narcotic
Moderate PainModerate PainWeak opioids
Severe PainSevere PainStrong opioids
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Stepped Approach to Analgesic Therapy
DrugDrug DosageDosage
Mild PainMild Pain
Aspirin
Paracetamol
Ibuprofen
600 mg q 4 hrs
1 g q 4 hrs
200-400 mg q 8 hrs
Moderate PainModerate Pain
Codeine
Tramadol
60 mg q 4 hrs
50-100 mg q 4-6 hrs
Severe painSevere pain
Oral or injectable opioids, morphine Minimum 5 mg q
4 hrs, no maximum
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Stepped Approach to Analgesic Therapy
• For moderate to severe pain, can combine a non-narcotic (aspirin, paracetemol) with an opioid
• Never combine a weak opioid (codeine) with a strong opioid (morphine)
• Morphine is underutilized, resulting in unnecessary suffering of dying patients
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Morphine Use in Namibia
• Simplest formulation: MIST morphine• 15 mg/10 ml solution• N$1 per liter• Schedule 1
• Pharmacists or PMOs need to mix this• Pharmacists’ assistants cannot legally mix it (morphine powder
schedule 7)• Once mixed, pharmacists’ assistants may dispense
• Most potent formulation• 100 mg/5 ml solution• Schedule 7• Most restricted• Under control of PMO / Medical Superintendent / Pharmacist
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Morphine Use in Namibia (2)
• Use the schedule 1 solution• 15 mg/10 ml
• No maximum dose of MS, titrate to effect and tolerance• Always prescribe a laxative
• Bisacodyl is effective
• Extremely effective but underused in Namibia• More advocacy is needed to promote morphine
use as part of palliative care
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Adjuvant Pain Medications
Neuropathic PainNeuropathic Pain
DrugDrug DosageDosageAmitriptyline 10-25 mg at bedtime
Other anti-depressants (SSRI)* Standard doses
Carbamazapine 200 mg tds
Gabapentine* 300 – 800 mg tds
*not included in the Namibian Guidelines
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Adjuvant Pain Medications
Intestinal ColicIntestinal Colic
DrugDrug DosageDosage
Atropine 0.02mg
Hyoscyamine 0.1mg
Phenobarbitol 16.2mg
Scopolamine 6.5mg
1 – 2 tabs
3-4 x daily
Dicyclomine 20 mg 4 x day
Hyoscyamine 0.125-0.25 mg q4h prn
Propantheline 15 mg 4 x day
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Adjuvant Pain Medications
Bone and Inflammatory painBone and Inflammatory pain
DrugDrug DosageDosage
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
•Ibuprofen 200-400 mg tds
•Indomethacin 25 mg tds
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Adjuvant Pain Medications
Opioid ToxicityOpioid Toxicity
DrugDrug DosageDosage
NauseaNauseaHaloperidol
Promethazine
1.5 mg bedtime
10 mg bedtime
ConstipationConstipationStool softeners
(Colace)
Laxatives
(Sennekot, Mg Citrate)
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Adjuvant Pain Medications
Anti-Anxiety MedicationsAnti-Anxiety Medications
DrugDrug DosageDosage
Lorazepam
Hydroxyzine
Haloperidol
1 mg bedtime
25 mg tds
1.5 mg bedtime
Anti-pruriticsAnti-pruritics
Hydroxyzine
Promethazine
25 mg tds
10 mg bedtime
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Key Points
1. Relief of pain and other symptoms is part of care throughout the course of HIV disease
2. Specific treatment of illnesses and symptom relief improve the quality of life
3. In persons near the end of life, relief of symptoms is the main focus of care
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