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Analgesia and Pain Management

Analgesia and Pain Management

Pain is critical to various clinical pathologies, provoking an urgent need for effective management. Pain, whether acute or chronic, is a complex neurochemical process. Its alleviation depends on the type, with nonopioid analgesics effective for mild to moderate pain, such as musculoskeletal or inflammatory pain, while neuropathic pain responds best to anticonvulsants, tricyclic antidepressants, or serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. For severe acute or chronic pain, opioids may be...

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A Protocol of Manual Tests to Measure Sensation and Pain in Humans

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Niels Okkels^1,2,3, Phillip Raphael Kyle⁴, Per Bech⁴

¹Clinic for OCD and Anxiety Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark.

|June 18, 2016

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