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Pain

Cancer-related pain

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WSAVA guideline

Guidelines for the Recognition, Assessment and Treatment of Pain

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A multimodal drug approach is recommended for chronic cancer pain: NSAIDs as the base, with opioids and adjuncts such as gabapentin added as needed, plus bisphosphonates, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy for cancer-specific pain (e.g. bone metastases). Non-drug therapies are recommended concurrently, mainly for quality-of-life benefit rather than proven direct analgesia.

Monteiro BP, et al. 2022 WSAVA guidelines for the recognition, assessment and treatment of pain. J Small Anim Pract. 2023;64:177–254. Cancer Pain protocol PDF (wsava.org).

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