Effective treatments for pain in the older patient

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-34

  Christo, Paul J ^a   Li, Sean ^a   Gibson, Stephen J ^b   Fine, Perry ^c   Hameed, Haroon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Analgesia; Biopsychosocial; Complementary and alternative medicine; Elderly; Geriatric pain; Injections; Interventional techniques; Kyphoplasty; Nerve blocks; Neuromodulation; Older adults; Opioids; Pain control; Pharmacotherapy; Seniors; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCITONIN; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CAPSAICIN; CHONDROITIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DOXEPIN; GLUCOSAMINE; IBUPROFEN; IMIPRAMINE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MENTHOL; MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KYPHOPLASTY; MASSAGE; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE DISEASE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

AGED; AGING; ANALGESICS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; KYPHOPLASTY; PAIN;

EID: 79551537896     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-010-0164-0     Document Type: Article

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