Drugs for Varying Stage of Mesothelioma Pain

Nearly all people with mesothelioma feel discomfort and pain, that progresses as the disease develop further. Many sufferers take certain pain drugs to cut down on pain and sustain their life quality. These are the drugs used for mesothelioma pain

Moderate to mild pain
NSAIDs and acetaminophen, like ibuprofen and aspirin. You may get them without a prescription, over the counter. A few more potent nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs do need a prescription from a doctor.

Burning and tingling pain
There a re a couple of drugs for this pain level, antiseizure and antidepressants drugs, have proved to be highly effective in dealing with burning and tingling feelings. Using the antidepressant drugs doesn't mean that you have a severe mental disease, and using anantiseizure drugs doesn't mean that you will have seizures. If the doctor prescribes you one of these, the doctor only wants to use one of the beneficial properties of the drugs.
Medications such imipramine, amitriptyline, trazodone and doxepin have shown to be useful in relieving pain if the patient have nerve damages. They're also useful for relieving mesothelioma symptoms. Carbamezeping, gabapentin, and lamotrine are good antiseizure drugs and must be prescribed

Severe pain
hydrocodone, morphine, codeine, oxycodone, hydromorphone, methadone, and fentanyl. All of those drugs need a prescription.

Critical Pain
ACTIQ is a highly potent drug approved by the FDA specifically to deal with breakthrough pains. It takes form as a lollipop and basically a very strong opiate and measured at about a hundred times stronger than morphine. It dissolves easily in water and immediately absorbed by membranes in human mouth, the effect is quickly felt about five minutes after the consumption.

Some people also try acupuncture and yoga to deal with moderate pains as it safer than using drugs. However, for more severe pain, there is no other choice than using drugs.