Rational Pharmacotherapy for Pain G. Lipman Pharmacology is the science that deals with the origin, nature, chemistry, effects, and uses of drugs. Commonly, pharmacology is subdivided into pharmacodynamics (how drugs…
Facial Pain Alaa Abd-Elsayed Pamela J. Hughes Ahmed M.T. Raslan Facial pain syndromes are common in clinical practice. Many of these syndromes are also unique, given the complex anatomy and…
Pelvic Pain in Females Katy Vincent Jane Moore Pelvic pain is common in women, frequently leading to disability, social disruption, and loss of economic productivity. Many women do not seek…
Psychological Screening of Candidates for Spine Surgery or Placement of Implanted Devices Robert Edwards Robert N. Jamison Introduction Chronic pain, generally defined as pain persisting for more than 3 months,…
Failed Back Surgery Jerome Schofferman Failed back surgery (FBS) is a nonspecific term that implies the outcome of spine surgery did not meet the expectations established before surgery of the…
Pelvic Pain in Males Andrew Baranowski This chapter is about pain perceived to be in the male pelvis—the pelvic pain syndromes. For the purpose of this chapter, the pelvis is…
The Treatment of Chronic Pain in Patients with History of Substance Abuse Howard A. Heit Douglas L. Gourlay Chronic pain has no positive physiologic value, whereas acute pain is an…
Pain in HIV Svetlana Faktorovich David M. Simpson On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) described five cases of a rare lung infection, Pneumocystis carinii…
