Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches

Timothy S. Deer, MD Editor-in-Chief President and CEO The Center for Pain Relief Charleston, WV USA Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston, WV USA   Michael S. Leong, MD Associate Editor-in-Chief Clinic Chief Stanford Pain Management Center Redwood City, CA USA Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA USA   Vitaly Gordin, MD Associate Editor, Medical Approaches Associate Professor Associate Vice Chair of Pain Management Department of Anesthesiology Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Hershey, PA USA Director, Pain Medicine Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA USA

1. A Survey of Systems Involved in Nociceptive Processing.- 2. Pharmacogenomics of Pain Management.- 3. Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs.- 4. The Role of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.- 5. Anticonvulsant Medications for Treatment of Neuropathic and “Functional” Pain.- 6. NMDA Receptor Antagonists in the Treatment of Pain.- 7. Role of Muscle Relaxants in the Treatment of Pain.- 8. Topical Analgesics.- 9. Sleep Aids.- 10. Clinical Use of Opioids.- 11. Opioid Adverse Effects and Opioid-Induced Hypogonadism.- 12. Acute Management of the Opioid-Dependent Patient.- 13. Opioids and the Law.- 14. Methadone for Chronic Pain.- 15. Toxicology Screening for Opioids.- 16. Monitoring Drug Use and Abuse: The Evolution of a Paradigm.- 17. Polypharmacy and Drug Interaction.- 18. Role of Cannabinoids in Pain Management.- 19. The Future of Pain Pharmacotherapy.