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Make the most of your time on the Internet. The mission of Pain Treatment Topics is to serve as a noncommercial resource for healthcare professionals & their patients, providing open access to clinical news, information, research, and education for a better understanding of evidence-based pain-management practices. Visit the Site Overview for an explanation of the various tabs and sections.
How to Diagnose FMS Without Counting Tender Points
New Section Targets Opioid Emergencies
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Understanding Interventional Pain Medicine Interventional Approaches to the Management of Spinal Pain [Lower Back] By: Trescot A. Pain Medicine News (special edition). 2009(June);7(6).
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Recently Posted Pain-Treatment GUIDELINES Persistent Non-Specific Low Back Pain Pharmacological Management of Persistent Pain From: American Geriatrics Society (AGS); 2009.
Continuing Education (CME) Courses Posted Collaborative Opioid Prescribing Education (COPE)
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Report: Opioid Blockers Boost Pain Relief By: Stewart B. Leavitt, MA, PhD, Pain Treatment Topics, March 2009. See Details and Download Report…>
MARCH-MAY 2009 News/Research UPDATES
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Outreach Campaign Targets Methadone Safely
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A new, easy-to-use, Symptom Intensity Scale assesses both regional pain and fatigue, and can be used in daily practice to establish a diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome and to measure its severity without the need to count tender points. It also can be used to detect fibromyalgia as a comorbidity in other clinical illnesses This tool is easier to use than traditional ACR criteria, and more fully describes fibromyalgia in which fatigue is usually present and often severe. 
There have been concerns about overdose fatalities with prescription opioid analgesics. Such emergencies are rarely sudden events; they are usually foretold by signs-symptoms of overmedication, which can be reversed via a relatively inexpensive, safe, and easy-to-administer antidote — naloxone. Along with proper training of patients and their caregivers, naloxone also can be prescribed for home use. Documents in this section address those issues and more…
This article provides a summary of evidence-based guidelines from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), with a focus on the treatment of lower back pain. Descriptions of the various tools and techniques employed by interventionists to diagnose and treat these disorders should be of interest to all healthcare providers. 
Our listings of Pain & Disability Assessment Tools is one of the most frequently visited features. We continually work to make this the most comprehensive offering available anywhere.
From: NICE, National Health Service, UK, 2009.
This multifaceted educational program focuses on the complexities of communicating with patients, particularly “problem patients,” regarding opioid analgesia for chronic pain management. Techniques are demonstrated through insightful video case examples and other interactive features. There is important information provided for all healthcare professionals.
The Internet can be a hazardous place to buy medicines unless the source is legitimate and follows high standards for product quality and delivery. These resources list safe Internet pharmacy sites and provide other helpful information...
This edition of our newsletter takes a hard, evidence-based look at treatment guidelines in the pain management field. It addresses a critical question: When strong recommendations are based on weak evidence are the guidelines still valid for everyday clinical practice? Topics include... 
Opioid antagonists may offer novel and potentially effective approaches for resolving some of the most difficult-to-treat and challenging pain conditions facing healthcare providers and their patients. This 16-page, peer-reviewed, evidence-based report describes naloxone and naltrexone pharmacology and the theoretical foundations of opioid antagonists in pain management.
A new program — Follow Directions: How to Use Methadone Safely — was released by a consortium of government agencies. This public awareness campaign is intended to deliver the message to consumers that methadone is a safe and effective treatment for opioid addiction and pain management when taken as directed. Several free items are available: (1) a patient brochure, (2) an information sheet for handout by pharmacies and others, and (3) a poster. 
This edition (June 2009) features important articles addressing QTc interval screening in patients prescribed methadone, new approaches in treating opioid-dependent pregnant women, ethical/legal issues surrounding opioid substitution therapy, and more. 
Effective July 1 2009, the U.S. FDA is requiring the following statement to be distributed with all prescription medications: “Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.” Adverse event (AE) reports also can be submitted online to the FDA’s MedWatch program. <
Pain Treatment Topics provides non-commercial information and education on the causes and effective management of pain. To do this, we rely on sponsor support in the form of annual educational grants and, through such support, we are able to provide these offerings absolutely free and without restriction to all site visitors. Learn how your organization, large or small, can participate. 
