This article provides information regarding treatments for the management of moderate to severe pain in patients who are at the end of life. Discussion focuses on the use of strong opioids and adjuvant analgesics. Special attention also is given to the most frequently used forms of interventional pain management. Although pain in terminally ill patients is not always related to cancer, many of the studies cited in this article were performed in cancer patients, a model that informs much of what is presented.
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