7.1.3.1 Medical Interventions

Medical interventions include analgesics, adjutant agents (e.g., corticosteroids, tricyclic antidepressants, stimulants), palliative chemotherapy, radiation therapy, regional analgesia, and neurosurgical approaches. In most cases, analgesics--either alone or supplemented with chemotherapeutic agents, radiation therapy, and adjuvants--provide adequate pain relief. Regional analgesia is occasionally helpful.

Related Chunks

Cost and Reimbursement for Pain Management

Acute and Postherpetic Neuralgia

Administration Methods

Oral

Adjuvant Drugs

Dosing data for acetaminophen (APAP) and NSAIDs

Dose Equivalence Table for Opioid Analgesics in Opioid-naive Adults and Children greater than or equal to 50kg body weight.

Dose Equivalence Table for Opioid Analgesics in Opioid-naive Adults and Children less than 50kg body weight.

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