
Orthodose Mobile App: a real scoop!
With Orthodose, a mobile application for Smartphones, doctors involved in palliative care always have a specific and practical tool at their disposal for the calculation of:
- morphine rescue doses when breakthrough pain occurs
- equianalgesic dosing of morphine
- Cross Tolerance Reductionduring opioid rotation
- conversion between different corticoids
In addition, Orthodose Mobile APP offers:
- guidelines for the prescription of the rescue dose
- guidelines for the treatment of morphine intoxication
Visit Orthodose.com:
- to get information on the basic principles for the use of opioids in palliative care
- to download free software for calculating the rescue dose
- to access a website developed by a medical practitioner specialised in palliative care
In cancer patients experiencing severe pain, the proper use of strong opioids (WHO step 3) calls for two distinct but related approaches:
- a background analgesia treatment, to ensure on-going pain relief
- a sequential treatment,or rescue dose, to rapidly counter breakthrough pain