TREATING ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER: HELP IF YOU ARE IN PAIN. DRUGS FOR MILDER PAIN AND DRUGS FOR MODERATE TO SEVERE PAIN

Drugs for Milder Pain

Listed here are some nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and some of their brand names. (Just because we don’t mention the brand name here doesn’t mean it isn’t a good drug.) Over-the-counter drugs include aspirin; acetaminophen (brand names include Tylenol and Datril); and ibuprofen (brand names include Motrin, Advil and Nuprin). Prescription drugs include diflunisal (Dolobid); choline magnesium trisalicylate (Trisilate); salsalate (Disalcid); naproxen (Naprosyn); naproxen sodium (Anaprox); indo-methacin (Indocin); sulindac (Clinoril); and ketorolac (Toradol).

Drugs for Moderate to Severe Pain

Here are prescription drugs, and some of their brand names. (Again, not all brand names are mentioned here.) They include fenatyl (Duragesic); propoxyphene (Darvon, Darvocet); codeine (Tylenol with codeine); oxycodone (Tylox, Percocet, Percodan); meperidine (Demerol); methadone (Dol-ophine); hydromorphone (Dilaudid); and morphine (Roxanol).

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