The practice of pain medicine has changed dramatically over the past few years. This practical and accessible evidence-based clinical handbook provides medical and nursing professionals with in-depth and up-to-date information on the various types of chronic pain, the underlying causes, and associated symptoms. Focused primarily on the management of chronic pain, the book covers the major chronic pain conditions in the head and neck, spine, and extremities. Also, it provides invaluable guidance on various pain management techniques, including medication, physical therapy, and psychological interventions. With this knowledge, healthcare professionals will be equipped to provide more effective and compassionate care, improve patients' quality of life, and reduce the risk of chronic pain and opioid dependence. An invaluable resource for pain medicine physicians, anesthesiologiests, primary care physicians, emergency medicine physicians, and nurse anaesthetists as well as those physicians preparing for US Board certification and recertification exams.
Part I. Introduction to Pain: Pain Signaling Pathways: 1. Central neuropathic pain signaling pathways Karina Charipova and Kyle Gress; 2. Cannabinoids pain signaling pathways Karina Charipova and Kyle Gress; 3. The microbiome and chronic pain syndromes Karina Charipova, Alaa Abd-Elsayed and Kyle Gress; Part II. Common Categories of Pharmacologic Medications to treat Chronic Pain: 4. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Andrew Han and Alan D. Kaye; 5. Acetaminophen Andrew Han and Alan D. Kaye; 6. Topicals Juyeon Kakazu and Elyse M. Cornett; 7. Muscle relaxants Merlin Perez and Nazir Noor; 8. Opioids Merlin Perez and Nazir Noor; 9. Antineuropathic medications Juyeon Kakazu and Alan D. Kaye; 10. Cannabinoids Juyeon Kakazu and Jamal Hasoon; Part III. Chronic Pain Conditions: Section 1. Head and Neck: 11. Post dural puncture headache Nolan Weinstein and Jatinder Gill; 12. Migraines Noushad Mamun and Ruben Schwartz; 13. Trigeminal neuralgia Karina Charipova and Kyle Gress; 14. Occipital neuralgia Noushad Mamun; Section 2. Spine: 15. Chronic neuraxial spine pain Nazir Noor and Shenwari R. Afredi; 16. Vertebral compression fracture pain Karina Charipova, Alan D. Kaye and Kyle Gress; 17. Sacral insufficiency fracture pain Karina Charipova, Cyrus Yazdi and Kyle Gress; Section 3. Extremities: 18. Carpal tunnel syndrome Vwaire Orhurhu and Kevin Bennett; 19. Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder Kevin Bennett and Riki Patel; 20. Thoracic outlet syndrome Nazir Noorb and Alan D. Kaye; 21. Osteoarthritic hip pain Kevin Bennett, Elyse M. Cornett and Jamal Hasoon; 22. Osteoarthritic knee pain Jamal Hasoon and Kevin Bennett; 23. Chronic ankle/foot pain Kevin Bennett and Jamal Hasoon; 24. Plantar fasciitis Kevin Bennett and Morgan Hasegawa; 25. Phantom limb pain Vwaire Orhurhu and Kevin Bennett; Section 4. Misc: 26. Post herpetic neuralgia Nazir Noor and Nolan Weinstein; 27. Complex regional pain syndrome Alan D. Kaye and Nolan Weinstein; 28. Sickle cell disease Vwaire Orhurhu and Nolan Weinstein; 29. Breast pain Taylor Witten and Corey Moss; 30. Post thoracotomy pain Zahaan Eswani and Jamal Hasoon; 31. Multiple sclerosis Pain Salomon Poliwoda and Alan D. Kaye; 32. Cerebral palsy Norris Talbot and Hisham Kassem; 33. Myofascial pain syndrome Cyrus Yazdi; 34. Post stroke pain Alan D. Kaye, Norris Talbot and Vijay Kurup; 35. Chronic abdominal pain Alan D. Kaye and Zahaan Eswani; 36. Chronic pelvic pain Taylor Witten, Nazir Noor and Corey Moss; 37. Post-surgical nerve entrapment Zohal Sarwary and Amnon A. Berger; 38. Cancer pain Pranav Bhargava and Alan D. Kaye; Section 5. Adjunctive Therapy: 39. Neuromodulation Nazir Noor and Jamal Hasoon; 40. Regenerative medicine Nazir Noor and Clay Gibb; 41. Cognitive therapy Clay Gibb and Elyse M. Cornett; 42. Alternative therapy Ajay Kurup and Ruben Schwartz; 43. Role of CBD in chronic pain Zohal Sarwary and Nazir Noor.
Omar Viswanath, MD, is a Harvard-Trained, Double Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Medicine Physician. He works as a private practice pain physician in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at Creighton University School of Medicine in Phoenix, Arizona, and at LSU Health Sciences School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana. Ivan Urits, MD, is a Harvard-Trained, Double Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Medicine Physician. He works in the Department of Pain Management at Southcoast Health in Wareham, Massachusetts, and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at LSU Health Sciences School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana.
