Often, pain is the only symptom that signals the onset of a person's oncological disease. According to statistics, up to 90% of patients with cancer experience pain of varying intensity, with which they mostly struggle with medications. Correctly using pain medication for stomach cancer, you can achieve complete elimination of pain in about 85% of patients, and the remaining significantly reduce their intensity.
Depending on the stage of development of the cancer tumor for anesthesia, three types of medications are used:
- opiate-free / concomitant analgesics( nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs( NSAIDs), antidepressants, steroids( Paracetamol, Aspirin, Celecoxib, Meloxicam, Indomethacin, Ketotifen, Diclofenac, Naproxen, Ibuprofen, Piroxicam)
- weak opiates( Codeine, Dionin, Tramadol, Promedol, Prosedol, Tramal, etc.);
- strong opiates( Buprenorphine, Morphine, Fentanyl, Omnipon, etc.)
Painkillersstomach cancer is used in three stages. If mild pain is used drugs that belong to the first group. They help to remove inflammation, relieve edema, reduce pain in the nerve endings.
Analgesics of the second group together with concomitant analgesics are used to treat medium intensity pain.
Preparations of the third group together with concomitant analgesics are used for severe pain.
For effective analgesia in gastric cancer, it is required to adhere to certain principles:
- to take prescribed medications at the appointed time, and not on demand;
- prescribe narcotic painkillers and related analgesics are needed from weak to strong;
- the patient must strictly observe the regimen of taking painkillers for stomach cancer and the dosage prescribed by the doctor;
- as long as possible to use oral medication, especially on an outpatient basis;
- should regularly be screened for side effects of opiates and concomitant analgesics.
With these simple rules, you can achieve good results in the fight against chronic pain in stomach cancer.