Bone Pain: Drug Therapy

Therapy goals

  • Pain relief
  • Diagnosis finding

Therapy recommendations

  • Symptomatic therapy (analgesia/pain relief) until definitive therapy when diagnosis is confirmed according to WHO staging scheme:
    • 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.
  • See also under “Further therapy“.