Pain infirmity and psychotropic drugs in oncology

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Abstract
In the treatment of cancer pain with psychotropic drugs there is a high percentage of success, rapid action, absence of addiction and although there are sometimes unpleasant side-effects, they are reversible when the treatment is stopped. Some consider that psychotropics are not real analgesics, but that they work on the emotional reaction rather than on the pain itself. Others consider that the results are obtained only at the price of a state of prostration of the patient similar to that obtained after lobectomy. This procedure is reproached as having unpredictable results and indications difficult to define. What is important in considering chronic pain the infirmity conferred upon the patient. A method of evaluation of the physical disability intended for routine practice in a cancer center was used on a series of 100 patients. Mechanism of action, indications of psychotropic drugs and prognosis of cancer pain were discussed.

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