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Therapy goals
- Relief of symptoms
- Diagnosis finding
Therapy recommendations
- Analgesia (analgesics/painkillers) according to WHO staging scheme until definitive therapy when diagnosis is confirmed:
- Non-opioid analgesic (paracetamol, first-line agent; also metamizole if necessary) [usually only stage 1].
- Low-potency opioid analgesic (e.g., tramadol) + non-opioid analgesic.
- High-potency opioid analgesic (eg, morphine) + non-opioid analgesic.
- If necessary, butylscopolamine (spasmolytics).