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Pain Medicine Commentary

Pain-Behavioral Assessment Tools in the Nursing Home

Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF

The gold standard for assessing pain...

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Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Cervical Dystonia

Stephen Gollomp, MD

The most common focal dystonia, cervical dystonia...

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Do Past Pain Events Systematically Impact Pain Ratings of Healthy Subjects or Fibromyalgia Patients?

Roland Staud, MD, FACP, FACR

Some experts have suggested that...

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Electronic Record Keeping and Tracking of Controlled Substances

Daniel A. Drennan, MD

The abuse and misuse of prescription opioids...

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Virtual Reality and Pain Management

Jeffrey I. Gold, PhD

Virtual reality is a multisensory technology...

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Recent Publications

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Systematic review: treatment agreements and urine drug testing to reduce opioid misuse in patients with chronic pain.

Starrels JL, Becker WC, Alford DP, et al.
Ann Intern Med. 2010 Jun 1;152(11):712-20.
BACKGROUND:...

EFNS Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Neuropathic Pain: 2009 Revision.

Attal N, Cruccu G, Baron R, et al.
Eur J Neurol. 2010 Apr 9.
Background and objectives: This second...

Quantitative Sensory Testing and Mapping: Nonautomated Quantitative Methods for Examination of the Patient With Neuropathic Pain

Walk D, Sehgal N, Moeller-Bertram T, et al.
Clin J Pain . 2009 Sep;25(7):632-40.
OBJECTIVES: Despite...

Translational Pain Research: Achievements and Challenges.

Mao J.
J Pain . 2009;10(10):1001-11.
The achievements in both preclinical and clinical pain...

News

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Dealing With Chronic Pain

How symptoms speak

Study Explores Links Between Obesity and Chronic Pain

Title: Study Explores Links Between Obesity and Chronic Pain Category: Health News Created:...

People who experience acute or chronic pain are at increased risk for thinking ... - Pain Medicine News (registration)

People who experience acute or chronic pain are at increased risk for thinking ...Pain Medicine...

Dr. Donohue: Back pain can have many causes - Richmond Times Dispatch

Dr. Donohue: Back pain can have many causesRichmond Times DispatchSciatica (sigh-AT-ik-ah) is...

New Pain Drug May Be Alternative to Oxycodone

Title: New Pain Drug May Be Alternative to Oxycodone Category: Health News Created: 7/26/2010...

Journals

The Clinical Journal of Pain

European Journal of Pain

JAMA

The Journal of Pain

Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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