OBJECTIVES: To explore the efficacy of DSA-guided intrathecal drug delivery system combined with Zi Wu Liu Zhu Acupoint Therapy for management of cancer pain and provide reference for its standardized clinical application. Methods and. RESULTS: Recommendations were formulated based on literature review and expert group discussion, and consensus was reached following expert consultation. The consensus recommendations are comprehensive, covering the entire treatment procedures from preoperative assessment and preparation, surgical operation process, postoperative management and traditional Chinese medicine treatment to individualized treatment planning. The study results showed that the treatment plans combining traditional Chinese with Western medicine effectively alleviated cancer pain, reduced the use of opioid drugs, and significantly improved the quality of life and enhanced immune function of the patients. Postoperative follow-up suggested good treatment tolerance among the patients without serious complications. CONCLUSIONS The formulated consensus is comprehensive and can provide reference for clinicians to use DSA-guided intrathecal drug delivery system combined with Zi Wu Liu Zhu Acupoint Therapy. The combined treatment has a high clinical value with a good safety profile for management of cancer pain.
Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Cancer Pain/therapy* ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use* ; Drug Delivery Systems ; Pain Management/methods* ; China

Objective:To improve the determination method for the total anthraquinone of the Rhei Radix et Rhizoma in the Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China, and compare this method with the method in the pharmacopoeia to determine the feasibility of such method. Methods:By changing the determination of total anthraquinone from biphasic hydrolysis to monophase hydrolysis, the method included in the pharmacopoeia was improved to determine the total anthraquinone content in Rhei Radix et Rhizoma. Chromatographic conditions were Symmetry C18 (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm) chromatographic column; the mobile phase is methanol-0.1% phosphoric acid water (85:15); the flow rate was 1 ml/min; the column temperature is 30 ℃; the detection wavelength is 254 nm. Results:The concentrations of aloe-emodin, rhein, emodin, chrysophanol, physcion in the range of 0.003 3-0.332 0 μg, 0.006 9-0.668 0 μg, 0.002 3-0.232 0 μg, 0.010 4-1.040 0 μg, 0.008 4-0.836 0 μg have good linear relationship with the peak area; RSDs of precision, stability and repeatability were less than 2%; the recovery rates of aloe-emodin, rhein, emodin, chrysophanol and physcion were 101.50%, 99.30%, 99.62%, 101.57%, and 103.11%, and the RSDs were less than 2%. Conclusion:The improvement method is simple, accurate, reliable and reproducible, which could be used for the quality control of Rhei Radix et Rhizoma.