Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this present article is to review the best methods for helping to assess chronic pain patients who are potentially at-risk for misuse/abuse of pain-reduction medications.Based upon this review, a recommendation is made to conduct a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment of such patients, with questionnaire/tools specifically developed for evaluating potential for abuse/misuse.The Pain Medication Questionnaire is used as an example of one such tool.The advantages of this comprehensive assessment approach, which has been shown to be the most heuristic perspective for the evaluation and treatment of chronic pain, is discussed.Finally, an algorithm for the ongoing evaluation of opioid treatment is presented.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2242947910