Praktické lekárnictvo 1/2012
How to manage pain quickly
Rational treatment management of acute pain enables to prevent chronicity transition. The key is use of all available pharmacotherapy methods in already common pain caused by locomotive apparatus, headache, teeth, dysmenorhea etc., and with regard to safety and possible adverse events of analgetics. Lack of information in patients about OTC products, mainly in non-steroid antireumatics leads to abusus of them, avoidable hospitalization, and sometimes even to death. Principles of pain treatment are available, and regularly updated in Methodology guidelines for pain treatment SSLB.
Keywords: Oxford league of analgetics, paracetamol, non-steroidal analgetics, back pain, artrodynia, toothache, headache, dysmenorhea.
