Managing Chronic Pain in an Age of Addiction

by Akhtar Purvez MD, John Rowlingson MD (Foreword by)

Overview

Chronic pain is challenging to treat in the face of an ongoing opioid crisis. Akhtar Purvez’s authoritative account of pain management explores the complex and competing factors involved. He discusses approaches including advanced interventional procedures, non-opioid medications, physical therapy, and behavioral and psychologic support.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538109236
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/15/2018
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Long Way from Kashmir Chapter One: Medications that Heal—and Kill Chapter Two: The Opiod Epidemic that is Killing Us Chapter Three: On Addiction Management Chapter Four: A Mystery and a Prize Chapter Five: Complex Nature of Chronic Pain Chapter Six: Culture of Pain Chapter Seven: The Stigma of Pain Chapter Eight: Chronic Pain and Depression Chapter Nine: Obesity and Chronic Pain Chapter Ten: Finding the Right Specialist Chapter Eleven: Searching for the Cause of Pain Chapter Twelve: Fibromyalgia Gets Real Chapter Thirteen: Other Pain Conditions Chapter Fourteen: Getting Moving—Exercise and Physical Therapy Chapter Fifteen: Interventional Pain Management Chapter Sixteen Alternative Management Options Chapter Seventeen: Marijuana—The Mystery Drug Chapter Eighteen: Pain in the Courtroom Chapter Nineteen: Co-existing with Pain Chapter Twenty: Toward a Painless Future

Editorial Reviews

This groundbreaking book is a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing chronic pain. Chronic pain is a complex condition, but Akhtar Purvez offers a multi-dimensional approach to treatment so that doctors and patients can find the right combination of modalities in order to preserve quality of life as much as is possible. The book is written in an easy-to-understand, conversational style, so it is not just for medical professionals. It is essential reading for anyone whose life is touched by chronic pain—from sufferers themselves, to the doctors who treat them, to those who care for them.

Toni Bernhard

Perhaps the two most important qualities in a pain doctor are knowledge and compassion. Akhtar Purvez has written a book that is very rich in both. I recommend this book to anyone living with pain, or professionals who work with others in pain. It is an important book at this crucial time where new methods for managing pain are urgently needed if we are to overcome the opioid addiction crisis besetting many of our health care systems.

Vidyamala Burch