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Ziconotide for Chronic Severe Pain
Article discusses the emerging use of ziconotide for chronic severe pain, which shows potential of becoming a powerful non-opioid analgesic in the pain physician's armamentarium.
Antidepressants in Pain Treatment
Antidepressants have become a routine adjunctive therapy for most forms of chronic pain. Review your options to help you choose the best for your chronic pain patients.
Topical Use of Morphine
When used as an adjunct in severe chronic pain patients who take systemic opioids, topical morphine enhances pain relief, decreases pain flares, promotes stretching and walking, and reduces overall cost of treatment.
Selecting an Antidepressant for Pain Patients
The potential loss of brain tissue should motivate all pain clinicians to look for undiagnosed mood disorders. Treating both pain and mood disorders aggressively will increase the likelihood of a better outcome. Not treating, or undertreating either, will most likely result in treatment failures for both conditions.
Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
There are 4 points upon which there is broad consensus in the field and that we should discuss immediately:
Medications for Chronic Pain—Nonopioid Analgesics
Nonopioid analgesics are preferred treatments in a multitude of practice guidelines; a brief overview of specific guidelines for low back pain, osteoarthritis, and migraine is presented here because these are the most common types of pain identified by adults.