Intrathecal diamorphine: a challenger for morphine ’s ‘gold standard’ status?

In reference to the excellent review article published by Yurashevich and Habib,1 diamorphine is mentioned briefly in the abstract and article, leaving the article ’s primary focus to be intrathecal morphine. Morphine is repeatedly referred to as the ‘gold standard analgesic method’. Considering the focus of the article was the side-effects of long-acting neuraxial opioids for post-caesarean analgesia, it can be argued that intrathecal diamorphine provid es a challenge to morphine’s ‘gold standard’ status.

Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia - January 19, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: P. Attard Cortis Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research