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  "sources": "Acute Scrotum Pain - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470404/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class GS21 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care · Chronic Testicular Pain and Orchalgia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (NBK482481) - the article states the dose for this indication · Chronic Testicular Pain and Orchalgia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (NBK482481) - the article states the dose and duration for this indication",
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        "Referral is the pathway; the medicines listed alongside are what primary care can give before or while it happens.",
        "RED FLAG - Amiodarone-induced orchialgia is not noted as a potential drug-induced cause requiring drug discontinuation",
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