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What are the most important things that frontline practitioners need to know to make an accurate diagnosis or differential diagnosis regarding pain? Dr. David Glick answers.
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Surges in opioid overdose rates have been driven primarily by fentanyl analogues, not prescribed opioids. The media, politicians, and even professional anti-opioid advocacy groups continue to muddy the waters with propaganda and deception. These fentanyl overdoses rarely involve pharmaceutical...
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How does a pain management specialist manage an introverted patient? Is an introverted patient less likely to dramatize their feelings and complain, and possibly subdue important information? What has Dr. Michael Clark, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the George Washington School...
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Kasra Amirdelfan, MD, on the WHYs and WHOs of disc disease. Is degeneration due to aging, or lifestyle, or both? Are opioids recommended? Dr. Amirdelfan is the founding partner of the Integrated Pain Management Medical Group in Monte Sereno, California.
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PAINWeek senior faculty member Jennifer Bolen, JD, on how and what to do when a patient doesn’t listen to a practitioner and “goes rogue.” Will the finger of blame be pointed at the practitioner? What about good faith efforts?
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Kate Schopmeyer, DPT, CPE, CSCS, is the Physical Therapy Program Coordinator for Pain Management at the San Francisco VA Healthcare System in California. Here she talks about the value of collaborating, to help patients and practitioners.
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Are patients reliable self-witnesses? Can they realize they are in a state of PTSD? Dr. Peter Abaci, the medical director of two comprehensive interdisciplinary clinics in California, discusses how a patient’s self-view may differ from what they actually have gone through.
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What treatments might help those with painful trigeminal neuralgia? Is there anything new? What about surgery? Dr. Jennifer Robblee, a headache neurologist at Barrow in Phoenix, Arizona, discusses.
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Acupuncture is thousands of years old and a key component in traditional Chinese medicine. A collection of different procedures, acupuncture is thought to stimulate the body’s meridians (ie, channels that carry energy throughout the human system) and correct unhealthy imbalances. Dr. Heidi Reetz...
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In this interview, Peter Pryzbylkowski, MD, explains the gate control theory, how neuromodulation works, and who are candidates for it. Dr. Pryzbylkowski, a double board certified interventional pain physician and anesthesiologist whose practice is in Philadelphia, tells why he is excited about the...