American Pain Society and American College of Physician Guidelines for Low Back Pain
Steven P. Stanos, DO
Newly established guidelines for the treatment of low back pain help codify evidence supporting interventional procedures and surgery and promise to improve access to multidisciplinary care.
Spinal cord stimulation and evidence-based medicine
John D. Markman, MD
The evidence base supporting spinal cord stimulation for patients with chronic pain has become more robust.
Neuropathic Pain
David Walk, MD
While assessing various neuropathies and diagnosing their underyling causes, neurologists may sometimes inadequately address the pain many of these patients experience.
Today’s Legal and Regulatory Environment
Jennifer Bolen, JD
The current medical, legal and regulatory landscape for opioid prescribing requires vigilance among all stakeholders, particularly prescribers, who need to make a long term commitment to understanding their still evolving set of responsibilities when prescribing controlled substances.
Opioids and Endocrine Dysfunction
Steve Stanos, DO
Opioids are a potent class of medications that provide significant pain relief for many patients, but also may induce endocrine dysfunction.
Pain Outcome Metrics
Pam Squire, MD, CCFP
Establishing measurable goals for patients with chronic pain before initiating opioid therapy is essential for treatment success.
Pain Assessment in the Cognitively Impaired
Keela A. Herr, PhD, RN
Cognitively impaired patients present formidable challenges to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, requiring novel approaches to identify pain generators, the characteristics of the pain experience, and treatment responses.
Positioning Spinal Cord Stimulation
Sunil Panchal, MD
Spinal cord stimulation has an important if evolving role in treating patients with complex chronic pain syndromes as our understanding of pain improves in parallel with increasingly sophisticated stimulator technology.
Paradigm Shift in Chronic Pain
Steven D. Passik, PhD
Among clinicians who treat patients with acute and chronic pain, the paradigm for prescribing opioids now explicitly addresses the risks associated with opioid medications...
Primary Care Clinicians in Pain Management
Michael J Brennan, MD
There is a manifest need for a PCP-centered pain management model, based merely on simple arithmetic: there are an estimated ~50 million patients with chronic pain and only a relative handful of pain specialists.
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