:: Jun-Jul 2008

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View all Treatment articles in our Treatment Report . The most recent articles are listed on top (not in alphabetical order). Click on the Topic on our home page and then the subtopic - Treatment Report. Stay updated on drugs and their side effects, and various other treatments, including exercise, nutrition, and supplements.

NCCN - Cancer Pain Treatment Guidelines for Patients ø Version II, August 2005

NGC - ASPAN pain and comfort clinical guideline. (2003)

NGC - Assessment and management of acute pain. (2004)

NGC - Cancer pain. (2003)

NGC - Guideline for the management of cancer pain in adults and children. (2005)

NGC - Guidelines for the assessment and management of chronic pain. (2005)

NGC - Pain. (2004)

NGC - Pain management guidelines. (2005)

NGC - Pain management in the long-term care setting. (2003)

NGC - Persistent pain management. (2005)

Featured site

NIH - Pain

Mayo - Cancer pain treatment

Mayo - Pain Management Center

NIH - NCI Pain Management With Drugs

NIH - NCI Pain Overview

NIH - Pain

NIH - Pain

Pain Treatment Topics

The Oxford Pain Internet Site

Depression

Cancer - General

Depression

Psychological distress and help-seeking in patients with chronic pain. (Chang Gung Med J. 2005) "CONCLUSIONS: Significantly high psychiatric morbidity was found in patients with chronic pain, predominantly depression, but very few had sought psychiatric consultation. Psychiatric intervention is therefore necessary for effective chronic pain management."

Cancer - General

[Pain therapy in cancer patients] (MMW Fortschr Med. 2005) "Every person has a legal right to, receive appropriate treatment for his/her pain, which in advanced disease states, is a multidimensional condition. This means that in addition to nursing staff and physicians, spiritual counselors, social workers, physiotherapists and volunteer helpers must be included in the pain-management team. Despite all our efforts, the ideal of complete freedom from pain is unrealistic."