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Pain--mechanics and management.

H L Fields, J D Levine

    The Western Journal of Medicine
    |September 1, 1984
    PubMed
    Summary
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    Chronic pain remains poorly understood and managed, involving neural, sympathetic, and psychosocial factors. New treatments and a newly discovered pain-suppressing network offer hope for better pain management.

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    Area of Science:

    • Neuroscience
    • Pain Management
    • Psychology

    Background:

    • Significant advancements in understanding neural pain mechanisms over two decades.
    • Chronic pain is complex, poorly understood, and inadequately managed.
    • Involves sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity, impaired inhibitory mechanisms, and significant psychosocial factors.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review current understanding of chronic pain mechanisms.
    • To explore novel management strategies for chronic pain.
    • To highlight the role of a newly identified pain-suppressing neural network.

    Main Methods:

    • Literature review of neural pain mechanisms.
    • Analysis of contributing factors to chronic pain disability.
    • Description of emerging therapeutic approaches.

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    Main Results:

    • Chronic pain involves complex neural, sympathetic, and psychosocial interactions.
    • New management strategies include non-opiate drugs, electrical nerve stimulation, and behavioral therapies.
    • A newly identified neural network suppresses pain via endogenous opioids and biogenic amines.

    Conclusions:

    • Effective chronic pain management requires addressing neural, sympathetic, and psychosocial dimensions.
    • The newly discovered analgesia network, activated by electrical stimulation or opiates, presents a promising therapeutic target.
    • Further research into this network could revolutionize chronic pain treatment.