Journal of pain & palliative care pharmacotherapy
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Dec 2012
Case ReportsChronic musculoskeletal pain in a pediatric patient: case report from the United Kingdom, with commentaries from Spain and Israel.
A case of a 12-year-old female with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is presented. Difficulties making the diagnosis are described. The importance of using an interdisciplinary approach that includes appropriate pharmacotherapy are discussed.
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Queries from European physicians about analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from the author are presented. Topics addressed in this issue pertain to epidural injection for painful central lumbar stenosis and epicondolysis.
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Opioid-induced constipation is described, including features, mechanism, and management of the disorder. The role of various categories of laxatives including suppositories and the use of a peripherally acting μ-opioid receptor antagonist are discussed.
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Over the past three decades, health professionals have recognized that continued mismanagement of pain affect approximately one third of all hospitalized patients as well as many ambulatory patients. Various measures have been taken to correct this problem, including the development of pain management guidelines and standards by governments, medical associations, accrediting bodies, and international organizations. However, these issues remain problems with no clear solution. This commentary reflects the opinions of two practicing Mexican pain management physicians on these issues as they pertain to clinicians managing pain in Mexico today.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jun 2012
ReviewAcetaminophen injection: a review of clinical information including forms not available in the United States.
Acetaminophen injection is an antipyretic and analgesic agent recently marketed in the United States as Ofirmev. A recent review published in the Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy focused on the labeled uses of acetaminophen injection in the United States. ⋯ This addendum provides these citations and further insight into the strategy used to develop the review. Acetaminophen injection represents another agent for multimodal pain management.