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Management and Pharmacotherapy of Chronic Pain Syndromes Including Opioid Pharmacotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Daniel P. Greenfield  and
Elizabeth Narcessian
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Abstract

Emphasizing the importance of an interdisciplinary approach in the treatment and management of patients with chronic pain syndromes (CPS), this article reviews, first, non-pharmacologic approaches and modalities for CPS patients, and next, pharmacologic approaches for CPS patients. Flexibility and the use of multiple modalities are emphasized. The article concludes with the controversial subject of the use of long-term analgesic opioid pharmacotherapy in patients with chronic benign pain syndromes.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 4 , Issue 9: Chronic Pain Syndromes , September 1999 , pp. 43 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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