Jane C Ballantyne

Summary

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Opioids for chronic nonterminal pain
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Division of Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    South Med J 99:1245-55. 2006
  2. ncbi Opioid therapy for chronic pain
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    N Engl J Med 349:1943-53. 2003
  3. ncbi Chronic pain following treatment for cancer: the role of opioids
    Jane C Ballantyne
    MGH Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Oncologist 8:567-75. 2003
  4. ncbi Does the evidence support the use of spinal and epidural anesthesia for surgery?
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Clin Anesth 17:382-91. 2005
  5. ncbi Opioid dependence and addiction during opioid treatment of chronic pain
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Division of Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Pain 129:235-55. 2007
  6. ncbi Opioid analgesia: perspectives on right use and utility
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Pain Physician 10:479-91. 2007
  7. ncbi Opioid misuse in oncology pain patients
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Division of Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Curr Pain Headache Rep 11:276-82. 2007
  8. ncbi Efficacy of opioids for chronic pain: a review of the evidence
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Division of Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Clin J Pain 24:469-78. 2008
  9. ncbi Effect of effort pain after upper abdominal surgery on two independent measures of respiratory function
    William R Kimball
    Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Clin Anesth 20:200-5. 2008
  10. ncbi Successful and unsuccessful outcomes with long-term opioid therapy: a survey of physicians' opinions
    Mina Nishimori
    The MGH Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts 02114, USA
    J Palliat Med 9:50-6. 2006

Detail Information

Publications17

  1. ncbi Opioids for chronic nonterminal pain
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Division of Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    South Med J 99:1245-55. 2006
    ..Efforts will also be made in the laboratory to identify opioids with lower abuse potential...
  2. ncbi Opioid therapy for chronic pain
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    N Engl J Med 349:1943-53. 2003
  3. ncbi Chronic pain following treatment for cancer: the role of opioids
    Jane C Ballantyne
    MGH Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Oncologist 8:567-75. 2003
    ..This article reviews the principles of chronic opioid therapy for non-cancer pain and how these principles may be adapted for patients with chronic pain due to cancer...
  4. ncbi Does the evidence support the use of spinal and epidural anesthesia for surgery?
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Clin Anesth 17:382-91. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi Opioid dependence and addiction during opioid treatment of chronic pain
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Division of Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Pain 129:235-55. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi Opioid analgesia: perspectives on right use and utility
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Pain Physician 10:479-91. 2007
    ....
  7. ncbi Opioid misuse in oncology pain patients
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Division of Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Curr Pain Headache Rep 11:276-82. 2007
    ..This article describes the underlying mechanisms of opioid dependence and its progression to addiction, and suggests a cautious approach to opioid treatment of chronic cancer pain that aims to minimize the problem of misuse...
  8. ncbi Efficacy of opioids for chronic pain: a review of the evidence
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Division of Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Clin J Pain 24:469-78. 2008
    ..Mechanisms for loss of analgesic efficacy proposed are pharmacologic tolerance, opioid-induced hyperalgesia, subtle and intermittent withdrawal, and a number of psychologic factors including loss of the placebo component...
  9. ncbi Effect of effort pain after upper abdominal surgery on two independent measures of respiratory function
    William R Kimball
    Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Clin Anesth 20:200-5. 2008
    ..To determine how effort pain interacts with changing pulmonary function after upper abdominal incisions...
  10. ncbi Successful and unsuccessful outcomes with long-term opioid therapy: a survey of physicians' opinions
    Mina Nishimori
    The MGH Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts 02114, USA
    J Palliat Med 9:50-6. 2006
    ..The attitudes, beliefs, and experience of physicians will influence how they view the use of opioids for chronic nonterminal pain...
  11. ncbi Epidural abscess after epidural anesthesia and continuous epidural analgesia in a patient with gastric lymphoma
    Josephine M Hernandez
    Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Clin Anesth 15:48-51. 2003
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  12. ncbi Regional anaesthesia versus general anaesthesia, morbidity and mortality
    Padma Gulur
    Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center, 15 Parkman Street, WACC 333, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 20:249-63. 2006
    ....
  13. ncbi Opioids for chronic pain: taking stock
    Jane C Ballantyne
    Pain 125:3-4. 2006
  14. ncbi Acute post-surgical pain management: a critical appraisal of current practice, December 2-4, 2005
    James P Rathmell
    University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05403, USA
    Reg Anesth Pain Med 31:1-42. 2006
    ..This manuscript details those opinions and presents a critical analysis of the existing evidence supporting new and emerging techniques used to control postsurgical pain...
  15. ncbi Regulation of opioid prescribing
    Jane C Ballantyne
    BMJ 334:811-2. 2007
  16. ncbi Local anesthetics for the treatment of neuropathic pain: on the limits of meta-analysis
    James P Rathmell
    Anesth Analg 101:1736-7. 2005
  17. ncbi A lovely idea: forming an ASRA Acute Postoperative Pain (AcutePOP) database
    Spencer S Liu
    Reg Anesth Pain Med 31:291-3. 2006