Cancer Pain

💊Treatment Options

• 1Treatment follows a stepwise approach based on pain severity
• 2starting with non-opioid pain relievers for mild pain and progressing to opioid medications for moderate to severe pain
• 3carefully titrated and combined with adjuvant medications such as nerve pain agents or corticosteroids as needed. Interventional techniques such as nerve blocks
• 4radiation therapy targeted at painful metastases
• 5or spinal pain pumps are used for pain that is difficult to control with medication alone. A multidisciplinary approach incorporating physical therapy
• 6psychological support
• 7and palliative care specialists helps address the full physical and emotional impact of persistent pain.