For pain medications that fail you can try a higher order pain medication for symptomatic treatment. At the same time, if the pain relief effect is not obvious, a combination of pain relief drugs can also be tried.
The treatment of cancer pain is to adhere to the principle of three-step pain relief, for the failure of pain medication can try a higher step of pain medication for symptomatic treatment. Meanwhile, if the effect of pain relief is not obvious, a combination of pain relief drugs can also be tried. Cancer pain should be treated with regular use of medications, not just when the pain is there.
Also, to stop the pain completely, the cancer has to be cured first, but not everyone can be cured for various reasons. Treating the pain also depends on whether the patient has any other changes. Certain pains that are caused due to comorbid symptoms of cancer should also be treated in time for the conditions that accompany the cancer.
Thus, after the failure of pain medication for lung cancer, one should first determine whether other comorbidities are occurring, and then should upgrade and select pain medication under the guidance of a pain physician.