# OnCo record strong-opioids-for-cancer-pain (protocol). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/protocols/strong-opioids-for-cancer-pain/>
  a schema:MedicalGuideline ;
  onco:kind "protocol" ;
  schema:identifier "strong-opioids-for-cancer-pain" ;
  schema:name "Strong opioids for cancer pain: starting, titrating, rescue doses and preventing constipation"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "starting morphine for cancer pain"@en, "opioid titration"@en, "breakthrough cancer pain"@en, "rescue dose"@en, "PRN morphine"@en, "opioid-induced constipation prevention"@en, "laxative with opioids"@en, "WHO analgesic ladder"@en ;
  schema:description "When cancer pain needs a strong painkiller, morphine by mouth is usually the first choice: a regular dose plus extra 'rescue' doses for pain that breaks through, adjusted until the pain is controlled with side effects you can live with. A laxative should be prescribed from the start, because almost everyone taking strong opioids gets constipated."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/protocols/strong-opioids-for-cancer-pain/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/protocols/opioid-switching-and-conversion/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/pain-management/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/fentanyl/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/methylnaltrexone/> .