✓ This prospective, consecutive series describes peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) for
treatment of severe reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) or complex regional pain syndrome, in …

Misunderstandings regarding the nature and occurrence of addiction have historically been
barriers to the appropriate treatment of pain and have stigmatized the medical use of opioids…

Long-term intraspinal infusions of opioid drugs are being increasingly utilized in patients
with noncancer pain. Despite this, there is a lack of long-term information, including success …

Increased prescribing of opioids for chronic noncancer pain is associated with significant
social costs, including overdose and addiction. In this context, there is interest in …

Methods: A systematic review of all studies examining AA use for pain was conducted. Three
literature databases were utilized to search for word combinations of “pain” and a variety of …

Long-term opioid therapy has the potential for serious adverse outcomes and is often used in
a vulnerable population. Because adverse effects or failure to maintain benefits is common …

Objective: To determine whether chronic pain patients' beliefs and attributions about pain
control are amenable to change in a short-term inpatient multidisciplinary pain management …

✓ In the past, pain control for chronic pain syndromes using narcotic infusion has been carried
out primarily via the intrathecal (subarachnoid) route. This report presents one of the first …

The concept of psychogenic pain has stimulated controversy in the field of pain medicine, not
only regarding its prevalence, but indeed its very existence. Some would even hold that the …

Limited research examines the risk of therapeutic opioid addiction (TOA) in patients with
chronic noncancer pain. This study examined TOA among 199 patients undergoing long-term …