Opioid guidelines in the management of chronic non-cancer painAndrea M Trescot
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Paducah, KY 42001, USA
Pain Physician 9:1-39. 2006
..However, available evidence suggests a wide variance in the use of opioids, as documented by different medical specialties, medical boards, advocacy groups, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...
- Opioid pharmacology
Andrea M Trescot
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32606, USA
Pain Physician 11:S133-53. 2008
..A number of opioids are available for clinical use, including morphine, hydromorphone, levorphanol, oxycodone, and fentanyl. Advantages and disadvantages of various opioids in the management of chronic pain are discussed...
- Systematic review of effectiveness and complications of adhesiolysis in the management of chronic spinal pain: an update
Andrea M Trescot
University of FL, Gainesville, FL, USA
Pain Physician 10:129-46. 2007
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- Opioids in the management of chronic non-cancer pain: an update of American Society of the Interventional Pain Physicians' (ASIPP) Guidelines
Andrea M Trescot
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Paducah, KY 42001, USA
Pain Physician 11:S5-S62. 2008
..Available evidence suggests a continued wide variance in the use of opioids, as documented by different medical specialties, medical boards, advocacy groups, and the Drug Enforcement Administration...
- A critical appraisal of 2007 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Practice Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management: an independent review utilizing AGREE, AMA, IOM, and other criteria
Laxmaiah Manchikanti
Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, KY 42003, USA
Pain Physician 11:291-310. 2008
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- Interventional techniques: evidence-based practice guidelines in the management of chronic spinal pain
Mark V Boswell
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Paducah, KY 42001, USA
Pain Physician 10:7-111. 2007
..The evidence-based practice guidelines for the management of chronic spinal pain with interventional techniques were developed to provide recommendations to clinicians in the United States...
- Review of occupational medicine practice guidelines for interventional pain management and potential implications
Laxmaiah Manchikanti
Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, KY 42003, USA
Pain Physician 11:271-89. 2008
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- Monitoring opioid adherence in chronic pain patients: tools, techniques, and utility
Laxmaiah Manchikanti
Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, KY 42003, USA
Pain Physician 11:S155-80. 2008
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- Effectiveness of opioids in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain
Andrea M Trescot
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32606, USA
Pain Physician 11:S181-200. 2008
..However, there is limited or lack of evidence for all other controlled substances, including the most commonly used drugs, oxycodone and hydrocodone...
- Opioid antagonists, partial agonists, and agonists/antagonists: the role of office-based detoxification
Standiford Helm
Pacific Coast Pain Management Center, Laguna Hills, CA 92637, USA
Pain Physician 11:225-35. 2008
..Naloxone is added to sublingual buprenorphine (Suboxone) to prevent the intravenous abuse of buprenorphine. The same product (sublingual buprenorphine) when used alone (i.e. without naloxone) is marketed as Subutex...
- Epidural steroids in the management of chronic spinal pain: a systematic review
Salahadin Abdi
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Pain Physician 10:185-212. 2007
..However, there has been a lack of well-designed randomized, controlled studies to determine the effectiveness of epidural injections. Consequently, debate continues as to the value of epidural steroid injections in managing spinal pain...
- An updated systematic review of the diagnostic utility of selective nerve root blocks
Sukdeb Datta
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Pain Physician 10:113-28. 2007
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- Opioid complications and side effects
Ramsin Benyamin
Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA
Pain Physician 11:S105-20. 2008
..Opioids can be considered broad spectrum analgesic agents, affecting a wide number of organ systems and influencing a large number of body functions...
