Frequent Types of Pain & Medications Often Used
Some of the most frequent types of pain experienced by the terminally
ill and medications often used for their treatment are listed below:
| Pain |
Medications |
| Soft tissue pain |
Opiates in low to high doses |
| Smooth muscle spasm |
Tincture of Belladonna, Atropine, Scopolamine
Patch, B & O Suppositories (belladonna and opium) |
| Neuropathic/nerve pain |
amitriptyline, Prolixin, tegretol
(not helped by morphine) |
| Raised intra-cranial pressure |
Ibuprofen, Dexamethasone, Elavil, Prolixin
(made worse by morphine) |
| Bone pain |
corticosteriods & non-steriodal anti-inflammatory
agents such as, Ibuprofen, Prednisone
Other treatments - Radiation
(morphine has little effect) |
| Striated muscle spasm pain |
Diszapam, Flexeril
(not helped by morphine) |
| Compression Pain |
Dexamethazone, Morphine |
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