Therapy target
- Pain relief
Therapy recommendations
- Analgesia (analgesics) using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs; drugs that are not derived from sterols and act by inhibiting cyclooxygenase), e.g., acetaminophen
- If necessary, also infiltration of local anesthetics (local anesthesia) and/or glucocorticoids.
- If necessary, injection with botulinum toxin A (improvement of the pain in a painful fixed up to half a year).
- See also under “Further therapy“.
