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Pain Practice

Published on behalf of the World Institute of Pain

Edited by:
Craig T. Hartrick

Pain Practice, the official journal of the World Institute of Pain, publishes international multidisciplinary articles on pain and analgesia that provide its readership with up-to-date research, evaluation methods, and techniques for pain management. Special sections including the Consultant's Corner, Images in Pain Practice, Case Studies from Mayo Clinic, Tutorials, and the Evidence-Based Medicine combine to give pain researchers, pain clinicians and pain fellows in training a systematic approach to continuing education in pain medicine.

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• Opioids and the Management of Chronic Severe Pain in the Elderly: Consensus Statement of an International Expert Panel with Focus on the Six Clinically Most Often Used World Health Organization step III Opioids (Buprenorphine, Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Methadone, Morphine, Oxycodone)
  Joseph Pergolizzi, Rainer H Böger, Keith Budd, Albert Dahan, Serdar Erdine, Guy Hans, Hans-Georg Kress, Richard Langford, Rudolf Likar, Robert B. Raffa, Paola Sacerdote
• Intervertebral Disc: Anatomy-Physiology-Pathophysiology-Treatment
  P. Prithvi Raj
• Fibromyalgia: Harmonizing Science with Clinical Practice Considerations
  Serge Perrot, Anthony H. Dickenson, Robert M. Bennett
• A Review of the Epidemiology of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Postherpetic Neuralgia, and Less Commonly Studied Neuropathic Pain Conditions
  Alesia Sadosky, Anne M. McDermott, Nancy A. Brandenburg, Marcie Strauss
• Treatment of 94 Outpatients With Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain with the DRX9000: A Retrospective Chart Review
  Alex Macario, Charlotte Richmond, Martin Auster, Joseph V. Pergolizzi