ANÁLISE PONDERATIVA DO IMPACTO DO USO DE FÁRMACOS OPIOIDES EM PACIENTES COM DOR CRÔNICA DECORRENTE DE PATOLOGIAS EM FASE TERMINAL

Abstract

To carry out a weighted analysis of the preponderance, pharmacological safety and therapeutic limitations of the use of opioids in patients with end-stage chronic pain. Bibliographic review: The symptomatological analysis of pain has a subjective nature, so that its proper characterization defines the therapeutic approach to be implemented, case by case. In situations involving patients with chronic pain in the terminal pathological stage, the improvement of pain sensation occurs, mostly, in the face of pharmacological treatments based on opioids. The implementation of treatment strategies based on this drug class has a series of risks inherent to its use, and such therapy must be carefully detailed and balanced through the adoption of pharmacological control measures, such as dose adjustment and choice of appropriate drugs for each patient. patient, in order to provide the desired analgesia and, at the same time, avoid the incidence of complications, such as the risk of high dosage and drug dependence. Final considerations: In terminally ill patients with chronic pain, the use of opioids is essential, associated with a joint - and humanized - analysis of psychosocial and semiological issues about the elements of pharmacological adequacy, in order to provide greater therapeutic effectiveness.