Pediatr. praxi. 2022;23(4):256-261 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2023.002

Possibilities of pain treatment in children with selected analgesics

MUDr. Petra Matalová, Ph.D.1, MUC. Benedikt Krížek2
1 Ústav farmakologie LF UP a FN Olomouc
2 Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci

Pain is distressing sensory, emotional and mental experience accompanied by psychological or autonomic symptoms and change of behavior. It is therefore necessary to effectively treat pain using nonpharmacological and pharmacological methods. Pediatric pharmacotherapy has many peculiarities, in the following article we summarize pharmacological treatment options in children, currently used nonopioid and opioid analgesics, their characteristics and the dosage of selected orally used analgesics.

Keywords: pain, analgesic drugs, treatment of pain.

Accepted: August 17, 2022; Published: September 28, 2022  Show citation

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Matalová P, Krížek B. Possibilities of pain treatment in children with selected analgesics. Pediatr. praxi. 2022;23(4):256-261. doi: 10.36290/ped.2023.002.
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