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Pain Management
December 2011Volume4 Issue 9
By the Numbers: Cancer Pain
A look at cancer pain statistics, including the percent of patients with cancer who report experiencing pain, the number of oncologists who refer patients to pain specialists, hospitalization rates for patients with breakthrough cancer pain, and medical costs for cancer patients with breakthrough pain.
Articles in this issue
By the Numbers: Cancer Pain
What Are Your Options When Treating Painful Diabetic Neuropathy in Primary Care?
Improving Coordination and Communication among Providers on the Frontier of Pain Management (A Q&A with Kaye Norris, PhD, program director of the Montana Pain Initiative)
Taking the Measure of Pain Assessment Tools: Which Have the Most Clinical Value? (A Q&A with Gillian Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC)
Approval of New Fast-acting Fentanyl Formulations Offers Relief to Patients Suffering from Breakthrough Pain
Methadone Dosing in Opioid Treatment Programs: Use the Evidence
Is the Increase in Opioids Prescribed for Arthritis Pain in Elderly Patients Associated with an Increased Risk of Falls?
Abuse-deterrent Technologies in Opioid Medications: A New Weapon in the Fight against Misuse and Abuse
Tapentadol for Chronic Low Back Pain
In Case You Missed It: Fibromyalgia Research in 2011
A Chilling Effect
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