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As we acknowledge the recent increases in deaths and other negative outcomes associated with chronic opioid use, abuse, and overdose, we as clinicians are faced with very important questions: Can opioids be rationally prescribed for chronic pain? For whom? How? For how long? Recent CDC guidelines...
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Social media presents many opportunities for pain practitioners to keep up with the pulse of what is happening in pain practice and pain policy. Thought leaders share valuable information via social media, and social media is one way patients obtain and share information about pain. This session...
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Chronic pain affects 100 million US adults. It is the #1 reason people are out of work. It is the leading reason that people seek medical attention, costing the nation upwards of $635 billion annually--more than heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. Given the burden of unmanaged pain in...
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Pain and depression are complex constructs that involve disease, but also patient vulnerabilities, reinforcements, and outcomes. Dr. Clark discusses the evaluation of patients from these different perspectives with the goal of developing tailored therapies that promote rehabilitation and better...
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A common question is how do you manage acute pain in folks with chronic pain and opioid tolerance. It’s similar to the general principles, and using plan of care, multimodal analgesia, having in a professional team, understanding what the goals are realistically in terms of recovery, not just...
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In surveys that have been done, 95 percent of the drugs that are used to control acute postoperative pain are opioid-based and that’s been done for many years. There is a general movement through the anesthesia and surgical community to what’s known as enhanced recovery after surgery, or ERAS. There...
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The risk of opioid induced respiratory depression (OIRD), especially among elderly patients, may be even more pronounced than previously thought, according to findings from a new study published online this week in the journal Anesthesiology. The study reports that a single dose of oxycodone taken...
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Evidence based biobehavioral therapies, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and biobehavioral training are indicated for a variety of chronic pain conditions, including fibromyalgia and migraine headache. Dr. Buse, a psychologist, researcher and professor of medicine, outlines what primary...
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It’s pretty remarkable that mindfulness meditation can be more powerful than morphine. Morphine has been shown to, on average, reduce chronic pain by about 25%. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to, on average, reduce chronic pain by about 40% and in some cases up to 93% with short-term and...
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Pain science education has gained international praise as an underutilized clinical intervention for treating pain. Research supports teaching patients about pain using a neurophysiology framework, rather than explaining pain in biomedical or biomechanical terms. To "explain pain, not anatomy" is...