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Constipation in persons receiving hospice careScott A Strassels
Division of Pharmacy Practice, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 40:810-20. 2010..Symptom burden at the end of life is incompletely understood...
Danger in your pill bottle?Scott Strassels
Division of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother 23:365-7. 2009..A reasoned case for risk-to-benefit considerations is presented. Data from federal reporting systems are placed in perspective. The importance of using opioids rationally in pain management is supported...
Economic burden of prescription opioid misuse and abuseScott A Strassels
University of Texas at Austin, 2409 University Ave, PHR 3 208D, Austin, TX 78712, USA
J Manag Care Pharm 15:556-62. 2009..Prescription opioid abuse and its associated costs are a problem in the United States, with significant epidemiologic and economic consequences. The breadth and depth of these consequences are not fully understood at present...
Cognitive effects of opioidsScott A Strassels
University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, 2409 University Avenue, PHR 3 208E, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Curr Pain Headache Rep 12:32-6. 2008..Blanket policies regarding the activities of driving and working are inappropriate; this issue is best addressed on a patient-specific basis...
Pharmacotherapy of pain in older adultsScott A Strassels
Division of Pharmacy Practice, University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, 2409 University Avenue, PHR 3 208E, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Clin Geriatr Med 24:275-98, vi-vii. 2008..This article reviews the pharmacotherapy of pain in older adults, with a focus on salicylates, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and opioids...
Clinical and demographic characteristics help explain variations in pain at the end of lifeScott A Strassels
Division of Pharmacy Practice, University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 35:10-9. 2008..Clinical and demographic characteristics contributed to identifying persons who had severe pain during their hospice admission. These data contribute to understanding pain in persons at the end of life...
Pain, demographics, and clinical characteristics in persons who received hospice care in the United StatesScott A Strassels
Division of Pharmacy Practice, University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 32:519-31. 2006..These data provide insight into pain reported by persons who received hospice care, and may be useful as process indicators of the quality of care...
After all, pain is a complex sensory and emotional experience (IASP, 1994). Clinical economics and the treatment of persistent painScott A Strassels
College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacy Practice, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
J Pain 7:802-3; discussion 804-6. 2006
Postoperative analgesia: economics, resource use, and patient satisfaction in an urban teaching hospitalScott A Strassels
Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Anesth Analg 94:130-7, table of contents. 2002..Medications used postoperatively account for a small portion of total costs. Satisfaction ratings alone are a poor indicator of pain control. These data can be used to help improve pain relief...
Postoperative pain management: a practical review, part 2Scott A Strassels
Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 62:2019-25. 2005..The pharmacotherapy and assessment of postoperative pain in general pharmacy practice settings are reviewed...
Postoperative pain management: a practical review, part 1Scott A Strassels
Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 62:1904-16. 2005..The pharmacotherapy and assessment of postoperative pain in general pharmacy practice settings are reviewed...
Preoperative interscalene block for elective shoulder surgery: loss of benefit over early postoperative block after patient discharge to homeW Heinrich Wurm
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Anesth Analg 97:1620-6. 2003..IMPLICATIONS: Preoperative interscalene block with levobupivacaine provides safe and effective analgesia for same-day elective shoulder surgery, but the benefit of this one-time intervention does not persist...
