Acute Abdomen: Drug Therapy

Therapeutic target

Symptomatic therapy

Therapy recommendations

  • Intensive care monitoring of vital signs during conservative therapy or postoperatively.
  • Analgesia (analgesics/painkillers) according to WHO staging scheme until definitive therapy when diagnosis is confirmed:
    • Non-opioid analgesic (paracetamol, first-line agent).
    • Low-potency opioid analgesic (e.g., tramadol) + non-opioid analgesic.
    • High-potency opioid analgesic (eg, morphine) + non-opioid analgesic.
  • If necessary, butylscopolamine (spasmolytics).