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Dennis C. Turk, PhD
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Patient Education Handouts in English and Spanish!
Browse through our latest patient-education handouts spanning topics such as persistent pain in the elderly, safe treatment with opioids, caregiver tips, and more! Some handouts are available in Spanish!
Chronic Opioid Therapy Webcast
This case-based CME activity reviews the use of chronic opioid therapy for the treatment of pain. Patient assessment; use of titration, rotation, and/or conversion strategies; and guidance for the use of appropriate documentation to support opioid prescribing are some of the topics covered in this comprehensive webcast from Educational Council Program Chairman Perry G. Fine, MD.
Webcast on Persistent Pain and the Older Patient
A case-based approach to examine key challenges related to the management and treatment of persistent pain in older patients.
Latest Issue of Pain Management Today®
In this issue: a review of recent literature focusing on pain in older adults. Also featured: a case study exploring the treatment of persistent pain in an older patient with dementia.
OnsiteInsight® Newsletter from APS 2009!
OnsiteInsight® highlights clinical-trial results and scientific sessions from major medical meetings and conferences across the country. In this issue, we focus on issues in the management of persistent pain from the 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS). Also featured: expert commentary from Penny Tenzer, MD!

Slides of the Month
 

  slide Outcomes for Subjects with Chronic LBP: Design
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  slide Outcomes for Subjects with Chronic LBP: Cumulative Probability of Being Pain-Free
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  slide Outcomes for Subjects with Chronic LBP: Cumulative Probability of Complete Recovery
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  slide Association Between Radiographic Knee OA and Pain: Design
Neogi and colleagues conducted this case-control study of two cohort studies...
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  slide Association Between Radiographic Knee OA and Pain: Odds Ratios for Frequent Knee Pain
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In the News
Addex: ADX71943 Demonstrates Analgesic Effects In Pain Models
Feb 08, 2010 -- Addex Pharmaceuticals / Addex: ADX71943 Demonstrates Analgesic Effects in Pain Models processed and transmitted by Hugin AS. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement...
Methadone And Other Opioids Not Always Equivalent, Conversion Can Be Lethal
Feb 05, 2010 -- In a unique and comprehensive literature review of poisoning deaths involving opioids from 1999 -- 2009, the deaths involving methadone were found to be disproportionately high. Methadone represented less than five percent of all opioid prescriptions but is responsible for a third of the deaths...
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