Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 3, Supplement 1 , Pages S56-S60, March 2008

Interventions in Chronic Pain Management. 5. Approaches to Medication and Lifestyle in Chronic Pain Syndromes

  • Mitchell K. Freedman, DO

      Affiliations

    • Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Mitchell K. Freedman, DO, Rothman Institute, 925 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
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  • Michael F. Saulino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Moss Rehabilitation, Elkins Park, PA
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  • E. Anthony Overton, DO

      Affiliations

    • Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Michele Y. Holding, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Back Pain Center, Phoenixville, PA
    • ,
  • Ira D. Kornbluth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Spine Medicine and Rehabilitation Therapies, Westminster, MD.

Abstract 

Freedman MK, Saulino MF, Overton EA, Holding MY, Kornbluth ID. Interventions in chronic pain management. 5. Approaches to medication and lifestyle in chronic pain syndromes.

This self-directed learning module first reviews the importance of weight management and smoking cessation in the treatment of axial low back pain and then describes the use of medication in complex regional pain syndrome and trigeminal neuralgia. It is part of the chapter on chronic pain in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The first objective explores the correlation of tobacco usage and obesity with lower back pain. The second objective reviews the option for medication management in patients with complex regional pain syndromes. The third objective examines the management of trigeminal neuralgia in a patient with multiple sclerosis.

Overall Article Objective

To discuss the importance of addressing obesity and smoking cessation in patients with low back pain and medication usage in trigeminal neuralgia and complex regional pain syndromes.

Key Words: Complex regional pain syndrome, Low back pain, Obesity, Rehabilitation, Smoking cessation, Trigeminal neuralgia

 

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

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PII: S0003-9993(07)01849-7

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2007.12.002

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 3, Supplement 1 , Pages S56-S60, March 2008

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