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Pain Management

Friday's Progress Notes - December 29, 2000
Mental Health Information - Vol. 4 Issue 38
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS

1. Treatment of nonmalignant pain.
2. Multidisciplinary treatment of chronic pain
3. Non-cancer-related pain in the elderly.
4. Migraine, cluster, trigeminal neuralgia, and mood disorders.
5. Migraine headache treatment guidelines.
6. Adverse psychological effects of unrelieved pain.
7. Women and pain management.
8. Hospice.


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Dear Colleagues,

Assessment and management of pain is an important part of effective health care. Today's newsletter focuses on information primarily related to nonmalignant, chronic pain.

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Jack

John L. Miller, MD


1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Treatment of Nonmalignant Chronic Pain
Nonmalignant, chronic pain is associated with physical, emotional and financial disability.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000301/1331.html

2. POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
Why is chronic pain so difficult to treat?
Treatment of simple chronic pain is fundamentally different from that of complex chronic pain. One clinician can manage the former, whereas the latter requires the integration of a multidisciplinary team of specialists with a biopsychosocial treatment philosophy.
http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/1999/11_99/weisberg.shtml

3. NATIONAL GUIDELINE CLEARINGHOUSE
Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain
These are clinical practice guidelines for the management of chronic pain in older persons.
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10724&nbr=005586

4. MEDSCAPE
Migraine, Cluster, Trigeminal Neuralgia, and Mood Disorders: Common Ground for Treatment
Migraine patients are at risk for significant comorbid psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disorder, general anxiety, major depression, neuroticism, and social phobia. (Free Medscape registration is required for access.)

5. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Migraine Headache:  Behavioral and Physical Treatments
The American Academy of Neurology has led a multidisciplinary US Headache Consortium to develop an evidence-based practice parameter on migraine. The guidelines include information on pharmacological and behavioral treatment.

6. APA MONITOR ONLINE
Imagery, Massage and Relaxation Recognized As Ways to Manage Pain
Unrelieved pain has adverse physical and psychological effects.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov99/nl13.html

7. FDA CONSUMER MAGAZINE
Managing Chronic Pain
Common types of chronic pain include back pain, headaches, arthritis, cancer pain, and neuropathic pain, which results from injury to nerves.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/chronicpain.html

8. PARTNERSHIP FOR CARING
Hospice
Patient and family needs are the core of hospice care.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/hospice.html


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