The number of patients being diagnosed with cancer has been progressively increasing for the past several years. Cancer is found among the top five causes of morbidity and mortality in the Philippines. There is a stigma attached to patients who are diagnosed with cancer. People automatically think that a diagnosis of cancer is...
read moreNo medicine is completely without side-effects. No matter how organic, how natural, how “herbal”, how supposedly safe a medicine is, there is always the possibility of an adverse effect because each patient is different and can show a reaction to the drug which has not been seen in the general population. We call this...
read moreCarlo is a very healthy 26 year-old young professional who started taking ecstasy just out of curiosity. He liked the feeling and started taking it more frequently. At present, Carlo is taking the drug on a regular basis and experiences cravings. Kenneth is a 50 year old patient who experienced an accident a year ago. He had to...
read moreA woman came to my clinic for second opinion. She is diagnosed with recurrent breast cancer and she is experiencing moderate to severe cancer pain. Her doctor already prescribed her morphine but she said that it only gave her relief for a few days but the pain has now returned. I then asked her about the dose and frequency of her...
read moreSo you have already been prescribed the suitable pain medicines. Here are some guidelines that you need to know. 1. It is generally better to take your medicine on a fixed schedule instead of taking them on an as needed basis only. This is true especially for patients who are already having mild to moderate pain. For patients...
read moreAfter the Interview After your doctor has fully evaluated the kind of pain that is affecting you, he will now make a plan as to how to maximize pain control. There are different modalities available such as pain medicines, non-drug management such as acupuncture, medicines that strengthen bone for patients with bone metastasis,...
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