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Cancer Pain Management and Pain Treatment
Medications are the cornerstone of cancer pain treatment, and their use is aimed at providing the greatest pain relief possible with the fewest number of side effects and the most ease of administration. Medications used for cancer pain are selected by your health care professional to meet the pain needs you have.
Treatment of Pain
- Treatment for Mild pain - For mild pain, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications can be used.
- Treatment of Mild to Moderate Pain - Opioid medications are often used in such cases usually as combination tablets with NSAIDs or acetaminophen.
- Treatment of Moderate to Severe Pain - It is usually best treated with higher doses of opioid medications often not given as combination products.
When you begin taking medications for cancer pain, it's very important to tell your health care providers what other medications (prescription and over-the-counter) you may be taking to treat other health-related conditions. It's useful to understand some basic facts about each kind of medication used for cancer pain, and its side effects. Remember, side effects should not prevent you from using medications for your cancer pain.
Cancer Tip |
Conventional cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy, cannot distinguish between cancer cells and healthy cells. Consequently, healthy cells are commonly damaged in the process of treating the cancer, which results in side effects.
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Health Tip |
Air-filled cavities as sinuses are found in the skull bones around the nose and eyes. The mucus-secreting membrane that lines them can become blocked due to infection.
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