Health Care Information Resources on the Web Health Care Information Resources on the Web An index of useful sites identified by the Health Services Research journal. Undertreated pain destroys the quality of life. Unrelieved pain causes short concentration span, sleep disturbance, anxiety, depression, anger, isolation and even thoughts of suicide. Most cancer pain can be controlled with existing therapies. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are the first line treatments of cancer pain.
Analgesics are the mainstay of cancer pain therapy.
Addiction and tolerance are extemely rare when opiods are used to treat cancer pain. A team effort is essential for effective management of cancer pain. The patient, family, doctor, nurse and pharmacist must all work together to develop the optimal pain management strategy. Return to the top of the page. The Centre has been established in Oxford as the first of several centres around the country whose aim broadly is to promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use of them.