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Q&As on this topic

1. What is the highest dose of morphine you can have?

last reviewed: 27.01.2005

2. What is a TENS machine? Can it help with cancer pain?

last reviewed: 27.01.2005

3. I have pain as a result of cancer. My pain killing tablets control this quite well but a friend has said that cannabis could be used instead. Is this true?

last reviewed: 27.01.2005

4. How does radiotherapy to the bone reduce pain from secondary cancer? What actually happens to the bone?

last reviewed: 27.01.2005

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