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JULY 15, 2024

Adding IT Clonidine Beneficial for Cancer Pain Patients


Originally published by our sister publication Pain Medicine News

Patients with severe cancer pain who are on intrathecal opioids and/or local anesthetics can benefit from the addition of intrathecal clonidine, according to the results of a new investigation.

The study found that adding the alpha-2 agonist clonidine as second- or third-line therapy was not only safe and well tolerated across a wide dosing range, but also seemed to play a beneficial role in reducing side effects from increasing