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PAINWeek
September 3-7, 2019
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
The national conference on pain for frontline practitioners. PAINWeek is the largest US pain conference for frontline clinicians with an interest in pain management.
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The regional conference on pain for frontline practitioners. Depending on the location (1 or 2-day meetings), 6 to 12 hours per day of CE/CME credit hours are presented.
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Are you a busy pain management practitioner looking for practical knowledge and tools to utilize in your daily practice? Then PAINWeek OnDemand is for you! Stay current with the latest science and clinical practice.
Education
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Pain Trials—Are We Measuring the Wrong Response?
New insights into pain pathways suggest that existing approaches to assessing the efficacy of novel compounds for pain may be flawed, leading to the discounting...
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Nonopioid Alternatives: Another Step in the Search for a New Molecule?
A research team from University of California, San Diego and the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience will be working to test the efficacy of a...
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Colonoscopies and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Excess of Caution?
Patients who suffer chronic colitis and inflammatory bowel disease are at risk for development of colorectal dysplasia and colorectal cancer (CRC).
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Post-Surgical Pain Control? No Opioids Required…
A 2-year study conducted by a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists and surgeons from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has concluded that opioids are seldom...
READ
A PAINWeek attendee said that “Coming to PAINWeek is like eating brainfood. You feel so much smarter when you leave.”
This section of our Website houses insights and epiphanies from our stellar PAINWeek faculty. If you prefer smaller plates of information, then Brainfood is the place to go!
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Navigating the Regulatory Waters in Pain Management
Primary care should know that the number of regulatory agencies that are getting involved in the management of chronic pain seems to be growing by the week.
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Substance Use Disorder: The Tools of Treatment
Dr. Cheatle reviews some medication and non-medication treatment options for addressing substance use disorder. The message to primary care: a multimodal approach works best, and treatment of the SUD without attention to management of the patient’s underlying pain is the likely route to relapse.
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Listen to PAINWeek Podcasts featuring faculty presenting courses from previous PAINWeek conferences.
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PWJ - PAINWeek Journal, like our website, is meant to extend the energy and experience of the national conference throughout the entire year. Each issue presents articles developed by our PAINWeek faculty, adapted from their respective conference presentations.
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