Pain (paradoxical)
Continuous use of high doses of morphine or diamorphine sometimes induces paradoxical pain in which pain ceases to be relieved or is worsened by further administration of the drug.
In these rare instances consider using methadone.
ref: Morley J.S. et al Lancet 1992 340 1045
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