Use of μ1-opioid receptor agonist tafalgin in integrative therapy of chronic pain syndrome in progressive multiple myeloma. Clinical observation

Abstract

Chronic pain syndrome developing in patients with oncological diseases significantly decreases their quality of life which makes effective integrative analgetic therapy a pressing issue. Currently, drugs of various pharmaceutical groups are used for pain management and administered subsequentially in accordance with the pain intensity visual analogue scale. For moderate and severe pain syndrome, opioid analgesics are used which have side effects limiting their use in some cases. Trials showed that new highly specific μ1-opioid receptor agonist tafalgin is characterized by high bioavailability, fast absorption, biotransformation, absence of accumulation which makes its safety profile favorable. Pronounced analgesic effect of tafalgin, as well as ease of administration and absence of significant adverse events, allow to significantly improve the quality of life of patients with chronic pain syndrome.