Adjuvant therapy in pain control
This chapter examines the use of adjuvant therapy in the management of pain in terminally ill patients. It explains that analgesics are sometimes not enough to relieve the pain in some patients and that radiotherapy and nerve blocks are usually indicated for patients experiencing higher levels of pain. The chapter discusses the concept of palliative radiotherapy, anaesthetic techniques for pain control, and adjuvant analgesic drugs.
Keywords: adjuvant therapy, pain management, terminally ill, analgesics, radiotherapy, nerve blocks, anaesthetic techniques
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