Managing Chronic Pain in an Age of Addiction (eBook)

Akhtar Purvez, MD, is a researcher, interventional pain physician, author and pain advocate. He is certified by the American Board of Pain Medicine, the American Board of Anesthesiology in Pain Medicine, and the American Board of Disability Analysts. He has been in pain practice since 2002. He is a member of Spine Intervention Society (SIS), American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain medicine (ASRA), and American Medical Association. Purvez has been involved in training physician assistants, medical students, residents, fellows and other physicians. He was Adjunct Clinical Professor at Lincoln Memorial University, TN and writes, lectures, and speaks on radio and TV about pain related issues. He supports pain advocacy, pain policy, training and research.

Introduction:A Long Way from KashmirChapter One:Medications that Heal--and KillChapter Two:The Opiod Epidemic that is Killing UsChapter Three:On Addiction ManagementChapter Four:A Mystery and a PrizeChapter Five:Complex Nature of Chronic PainChapter Six:Culture of PainChapter Seven:The Stigma of PainChapter Eight:Chronic Pain and DepressionChapter Nine:Obesity and Chronic PainChapter Ten:Finding the Right SpecialistChapter Eleven:Searching for the Cause of PainChapter Twelve:Fibromyalgia Gets RealChapter Thirteen:Other Pain ConditionsChapter Fourteen:Getting Moving--Exercise and Physical TherapyChapter Fifteen:Interventional Pain ManagementChapter SixteenAlternative Management OptionsChapter Seventeen:Marijuana--The Mystery DrugChapter Eighteen:Pain in the CourtroomChapter Nineteen:Co-existing with PainChapter Twenty:Toward a Painless Future