Volume 13, Issue 10

November/December 2013

Discontinuing NSAIDs prior to surgery can be confusing to both patients and physicians. Stopping medications before surgery should be based on pharmacokinetics of individual NSAIDs.

Pain Management

A Practical Approach to Discontinuing NSAID Therapy Prior to a Procedure

Maureen Younan; Timothy J. Atkinson, PharmD, BCPS, CPE; Jeffrey Fudin, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP

Journal Article

9 Min Read

Discontinuing NSAIDs prior to surgery can be confusing to both patients and physicians. Stopping medications before surgery should be based on pharmacokinetics of individual NSAIDs.

Pain Management

Opioid-induced Osteoporosis: Assessing Causes and Treatments

S. Christopher Shadid, MD; James R. Barrett, MD

Journal Article

10 Min Read

Osteoporosis is being recognized more frequently as a side effect of long-term opioid therapy. Screening should be considered in all patients on chronic opioid medication because treatment is much more effective when osteoporosis is detected early.

Pain Management

Opioid-induced Osteoporosis: Assessing Causes and Treatments

S. Christopher Shadid, MD; James R. Barrett, MD

Journal Article

10 Min Read

Pain Management

Persistent Acute Lower Back Pain: The Importance of Psychosocial Evaluation

Bill H. McCarberg, MD

Journal Article

9 Min Read

Patients with chronic low back pain often suffer from emotional and mental stress. Evaluation of these psychosocial co-morbidities is essential to successful treatment of low back pain.

Pain Management

Persistent Acute Lower Back Pain: The Importance of Psychosocial Evaluation

Bill H. McCarberg, MD

Journal Article

9 Min Read

Patients with chronic low back pain often suffer from emotional and mental stress. Evaluation of these psychosocial co-morbidities is essential to successful treatment of low back pain.

Opioid Management