What to do about pituitary tumor pain

Pituitary tumor pain, patients can follow the doctor’s advice to use drug therapy, surgery, radiation therapy and other ways of treatment. 1. Drug treatment: patients with pituitary tumor can take diclofenac sodium extended-release tablets, celecoxib capsules and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as prescribed by doctor to relieve pain; if pituitary tumor is induced by hyperprolactinemia, patients can take bromocriptine mesylate tablets and other dopamine agonist drugs as prescribed by doctor to reduce the level of prolactin in the body to promote the shrinkage of pituitary tumor and relieve the pain. 2. Surgery: Common surgical treatments for pituitary tumor include transnasal butterfly microsurgery, transfrontal craniotomy, etc. Through surgery, pituitary tumor can be removed, and the pain will be eliminated after removal. 3. Radiation therapy: if the pituitary tumor cannot be completely removed by surgery or the patient’s body cannot tolerate the surgery, radiation therapy can be carried out, such as conventional radiation therapy, stereotactic radiation therapy and so on. It is suggested that patients with pituitary tumor pain should go to the hospital in time and follow the doctor’s instruction to adopt appropriate treatment.