APS/AAPM Guidelines for Opioids in Chronic Noncancer Pain
Roger Chou, MD
Opioids are an invaluable class of analgesics for acute pain, pain associated with such terminal conditions as cancer, and chronic noncancer pain.
Physical Exam: How to Assess Someone in Pain
Steven P. Stanos, DO
Comprehensive assessment of a patient presenting with pain begins with taking a thorough medical history and physical examination, which in turn, informs appropriate laboratory testing, imaging, and potential treatment approaches.
Individual Differences in Pain Sensitivity
Roland Staud, MD
Pain ratings of patients with the same disease or trauma vary tremendously...
Basic Overview of Pain
Frank L. Rice, PhD
Somatosensory neurons innervate the skin and detect stimuli from the external environment, including those that can potentially cause tissue damage.
Barriers to Pain Care Among First-generation Chinese-Americans: What Can be Done?
Lara K. Dhingra, PhD
New York City has a large population of recent Chinese-Americans. As a group, these individuals are often economically disadvantages, medically underserved, and have very high rates of certain cancers. Among those with cancer-related pain, most have frequent or persistent pain, and few are receiving effective pain management.
Treatment of the Patient Complicated by Psychiatric Illness
Beth Boyarsky, MD, PhD
Patients with chronic pain often present with comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Smoking and Problematic Use of Prescription Opioid Medication Among Pain Patients
Lara K. Dhingra, PhD
Many screening and monitoring tools – including the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) and the Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) – exist to assess and monitor the risk that a pain patient will engage in aberrant or problematic use of his/her pain medication.
Women’s Health and Chronic Pain
Allison Bailey, MD
Significant differences in the pain responses of men and women have been reported...
Long-Acting and Short-Acting Opioid Analgesics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain: Selection and Use
Dan I. Silvershein
Both long-acting and short-acting opioids can have a role in the long-term management of patients with chronic pain.
Introduction: The 2009 Albany Pain Conference
Charles E. Argoff, MD
The 2009 Albany Pain Conference covered a wide range of pain-related topics, including the molecular basis of pain and both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for acute and chronic pain.
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