Therapy target
Pain relief and thus improvement of mobility.
Therapy recommendations
- Analgesia (pain relief) 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.
- If necessary, anti-inflammatory drugs / drugs that inhibit inflammatory processes (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAIDs), eg ibuprofen.
- If necessary, intraarticular (“into the joint”) glucocorticoids in diagnostically confirmed adhesive capsulitis (“frozen shoulder“).
- See also under “Further therapy“.