Treatment of cancer pain of the head and neck by continuous intravenous infusion of high-dose morphine: report of two cases.

Two pain-ridden patients in the terminal stage of a malignancy of the head and neck were treated with high-dose morphine which was administered as a continuous IV infusion along with a hyperalimentation solution using a pump. Good pain relief and a lessening of anxiety were achieved after failure to control pain in spite of the use of the analgesic ladder recommended by the WHO.