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Difficult-to-treat chronic pain syndromes
The Clinical Advisor, 02/03/09

D’Arcy Y - Pain is one of the most common reasons patients seek medical care, so it is inevitable that primary-care clinicians will be dealing with difficult-to-treat pain syndromes. Some of these syndromes include low back pain (LBP); fibromyalgia; and such neuropathic conditions as postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), and oncology-related syndromes (e.g., postmastectomy pain). Effective treatment of chronic pain requires a multimodal approach that includes pain medication, adjunct medications, and other forms of therapy (e.g., exercise and relaxation).

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