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Every year, thousands of patients go see their primary care practitioner for the treatment of regional pain syndromes. This lecture focuses on regional pain syndromes including meralgia paresthetica, trochanteric bursitis, Baker’s cyst, meniscal injuries, cruciate ligament injuries, osteoarthritis...
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Pain is the number one reason why patients seek advice from their pharmacist or primary care provider. Patients very often seek to use a nonprescription analgesic to self-treat a painful complaint, yet often do not understand the exclusions to selftreatment or how to select the best analgesic...
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In this day and age litigation is always a concern for a prudent provider. It is important to know what elements and what documentation is imperative when caring for the chronic pain patient. This session will focus on elements to include in a patient's record to support your diagnosis, and to build...
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Every year, thousands of patients go see their primary care practitioner for the treatment of regional pain syndromes. This lecture focuses on regional pain syndromes including acute low back pain, chronic low back pain, cervicobrachial syndrome, cervical dystonia, lumbosacral/ cervical...
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There is much controversy around many aspects of pain treatment, and compelling arguments have focused on both sides of the fence regarding appropriate opioid use and prescribing, legalization of marijuana, and the safety of cox-2 inhibitors. In all 3 cases, there are issues associated with strong...