Shaladi and colleagues report their experience of using intrathecal morphine infusion, delivered by an implanted pump, to treat chronic pain refractory to conventional opioid delivery. The authors ...

Cancer drugs you take by mouth or through a vein can’t get through as easily. Intrathecal chemo is a way to deliver the medicine you need in a direct way. Your brain and spinal cord are ...

Baclofen 50mcg/mL, 500mcg/mL, 2000mcg/mL; for intrathecal inj; preservative-free. <4yrs: not established. ≥4yrs: Give test dose 1 st by intrathecal inj via spinal catheter or lumbar puncture ...

Standard pain relief in the UK involves morphine through a drip and other painkillers such as paracetamol during surgery (multimodal analgesia). It is cheap, safe, quite effective for most patients ...