O melhor lado da Pain Management

O melhor lado da Pain Management

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Consider referring any patient with chronic pain to a psychologist or therapist to address the psychological effects of chronic pain.

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For patients with cognitive and/or verbal disability, when analgesic plan involves a caregiver, caregivers should receive additional education on pain assessment. Providers should also carefully assess function and goals with both patient and caregiver.

Chronic pain has little in common with acute pain and should be considered as a separate medical condition. Some differences are:

Many patients are aware that methadone is often associated with opioid addiction therapy. Patients may need additional counseling that methadone is an effective analgesic, not merely a treatment for opioid addiction.

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Key to developing an effective treatment plan is a supportive relationship with an empathetic clinician who acknowledges and empathizes with the patient’s experience. Set expectations regarding the available treatments for chronic pain. Establish realistic treatment goals for functional improvement or maintenance, not analgesia alone.

Some evidence shows that patients with complex persistent dependence may tolerate transition to buprenorphine better than a tapering down of the opioid dose. When complex persistent dependence is suspected, a more clinically useful approach may be to transition to buprenorphine and then taper down the dose.

Nociceptors detect a chemical, mechanical, or thermal noxious stimulus → conversion of stimulus to an electric signal (action potential) ; → C fibers and Aδ fibers carry afferent input to the dorsal horn of Know More the spinal cord → secondary nociceptive neurons in the spinothalamic tract carry afferent input to the thalamus in the CNS → pain perception and a response sent along efferent pathways, which results in pain modulation and/or a reaction [3]

Patients should understand that reducing pain intensity will not be the sole focus of evaluation or management. This requires a shift in expectations for many patients accustomed to an acute pain management model.

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