Chronic Pain Medications

There are many types of pain medications which are available over the counter or prescribed to patients who suffer from chronic pain.  Depending on your specific pain, your doctor will advise you to take whichever medication will best fit your needs.

Opioids, or narcotics, are available through prescription only and are used to treat moderate to severe pain.  They are best used only for short periods of time for chronic pain relief as they are also highly addictive.  Patients who take narcotics, such as oxycodone, are closely monitored by their physicians to avoid physical dependency.

Non-narcotics, which do not require a prescription, are also used for pain relief.  NSAIDs and acetaminophen, which is the main ingredient in Tylenol, are commonly used non-narcotics.  NSAIDs and acetaminophen are types of medication which are used to treat less severe pain.  Commonly administered NSAIDs include naproxen, meloxicam, and ibuprofen.

Pain medication that is applied topically to the skin, topical analgesics, comes in the form of patches, lotions, and creams.  The active ingredients in topical analgesics can either disguise pain on the surface of the skin or treat the pain through the skin.  Only a doctor can prescribe certain types of topical treatments, but some are available over the counter.

Please contact New York Pain Consultants to obtain additional information or schedule an appointment with either Dr. Neel Amin and Dr Tom Mocek MD or one of the many pain specialists on staff by calling(954)678-1047
Please note: The comments in this blog are general information and should not be taken as medical advice.  Please see a physician for a consultation to review your individual pain concerns.
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10 Ways to Cope With Painful Days

 with another person, valuable if you often feel isolated or alone. Massage may directly address sore muscles, and it can provide counter-stimulation at the skin level that actually interferes with the pain-signaling mechanisms to ease deeper, achy pains.

Procedures | American Pain Management Experts

Multidisciplinary Pain Therapies and Tests

• massage therapy
• physical therapy
• botox injections
• urine toxicology screens
• basic lab work
• nerve conduction studies
• acupuncture
• back braces fitting and distributing
• educational classes
• behavioral modification and feedback
• stress management and relaxation techniques
• TENS unit therapy
• management of chronic headaches

Interventional Pain Procedures                                                             

• cervical intralaminar epidural steroid injection
• thoracic intralaminar epidural steroid injection
• lumbar intralaminar epidural steroid injection
• caudal intralaminar epidural steroid injection
• cervical intralaminar epidural steroid injection with Racz catheter
• thoracic intralaminar epidural steroid injection with Racz catheter
• lumbar intralaminar epidural steroid injection with Racz catheter
• caudal intralaminar epidural steroid injection with Racz catheter
• cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection
• thoracic transforaminal epidural steroid injection
• lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection
• epidural blood patch
• sympathetic system nerve blocks (therapeutic or neurolytic)
• stellate ganglion block
• celiac plexus block
• lumbar sympathetic block
• superior hypogastric plexus block
• inferior hypogastric plexus block
• ganglion impar block
• paravertebral block
• peripheral nerve blocks (therapeutic or neurolytic)
• third occipital nerve
• greater occipital nerve
• lesser occipital nerve
• suprascapular nerve
• supraorbital nerve
• infraorbial nerve
• submental nerve
• ilioinguinal nerve
• iliohypogastric nerve
• intercostal nerve
• lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
• saphenous nerve
• sural nerve
• intra
• articular joint injections (with steroids or Synvisc or Hyalgan)
• shoulder joint
• hip joint
• sacroiliac joint injection
• bursa injections
• Lidocaine intravenous infusions
• Ketamine intravenous infusions
• intra
• articuar facet injection (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
• medial branch nerve block (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
• radiofrequency ablation (pulsed, continuous)
• cooled radiofrequecy ablation
• medial branch nerve
• lateral branch nerve
• spinal cord stimulator trial
• spinal cord stimulator implantation
• discography

Overview | American Pain Management Experts

                               

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                            We offer a comprehensive approach to pain management

Advanced Interventional Techniques
The APEX physicians are experts in providing the newest procedures resulting from the advancements of modern technology. We recognize that incorporating these interventions is an integral part in achieving pain management. Our physicians are highly trained and skilled in the complex procedures that must be incorporated for a successful outcome in pain relief.

Medical Management
A unique combination of medications will be personalized for each patient, focusing mainly on nonopioid medical therapy. Careful attention will be given to minimize unwanted side effect and habit forming behaviors of opioid therapy.

Physical Health
Physical well being is best maintained with an appropriate fitness plan, which will include daily physical therapy home exercises, healthy nutrition, and regular sleep.

Mental Health
Depression, anxiety and stress are all contributors to worsening pain symptoms. Medications and counseling can significantly improve pain management.

Alternative Therapy
Western medicine is not the only modality to treat pain. The APEX physicians recognize that alternative therapies such as acupuncture have been successfully used for thousands of years.

Pain Management in Broward Country

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Welcome to American Pain Experts, where a drop of our care can get your life back.  Our physicians and staff pride ourselves in providing the most advanced and up-to-date pain therapy available in Ft Lauderdale and surrounding areas.

The APEX physicians are board certified in anesthesiology as well as pain management. Dr. Amin and Dr. Macek trained at the University of Washington in Seattle, the birthplace and leading fellowship program of modern pain management in the United States. We customize an advanced and multidisciplinary approach to treat the pain of you and your loved ones. Utilizing modern technology as well alternative therapies enable us to dramatically improve the quality of life for our patients suffering from pain.

Pain...Oh, What a Pain!

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                   Anesthesiology                         Anesthesiology
                        Pain Management                    Pain Management

Pain is an unpleasant sensation in animals that is caused by actual or perceived injury to body tissues and produces physical and emotional reactions. Presumably, pain sensation has evolved to protect our bodies from harm by causing us to perform certain actions and avoid others. Pain might be called a protector, a predictor, or simply a hassle. In this article, I will discuss some basic concepts of pain.

We all experience pain to greater or lesser degrees at various points of our lives. It is said that pain is the most common reason patients seek medical attention. But, each of us perceives a given pain stimulus in our own unique manner. The intensity of the response to a pain stimulus is largely subjective, meaning the severity of the pain can most accurately be defined by the person with the pain, rather than by other observers.

Our individual pain perception can vary at different times, even in response to the identical stimulus. For example, an athlete during competition may not be able to feel the tissue injury of a cut or a bruise until the competition has finished. We may feel more or less pain depending on our mood, sleep pattern, hunger, or activity.

Fort Lauderdale Pain Management Physician Doctors for Chronic Pain

                                       

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Type of Physician: Pain Management Physician

What is a Pain Management Physician?

An interdisciplinary subspecialty certification by the Boards of Anesthesiology, Psychiatry & Neurology, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; practitioners provide a high level of care either as a primary physician or consultant for patients experiencing problems with acute or chronic pain in both inpatient and outpatient settings, and coordinate a multidisciplinary approach toward pain management.

Specialty: Pain Management

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Introduction: The Universal Disorder

You know it at once. It may be the fiery sensation of a burn moments after your finger touches the stove. Or it's a dull ache above your brow after a day of stress and tension. Or you may recognize it as a sharp pierce in your back after you lift something heavy.
It is pain. In its most benign form, it warns us that something isn't quite right, that we should take medicine or see a doctor. At its worst, however, pain robs us of our productivity, our well-being, and, for many of us suffering from extended illness, our very lives. Pain is a complex perception that differs enormously among individual patients, even those who appear to have identical injuries or illnesses.
In 1931, the French medical missionary Dr. Albert Schweitzer wrote, "Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself." Today, pain has become the universal disorder, a serious and costly public health issue, and a challenge for family, friends, and health care providers who must give support to the individual suffering from the physical as well as the emotional consequences of pain.
A brief history of pain
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Ancient civilizations recorded on stone tablets accounts of pain and the treatments used: pressure, heat, water, and sun. Early humans related pain to evil, magic, and demons. Relief of pain was the responsibility of sorcerers, shamans, priests, and priestesses, who used herbs, rites, and ceremonies as their treatments.
The Greeks and Romans were the first to advance a theory of sensation, the idea that the brain and nervous system have a role in producing the perception of pain. But it was not until the Middle Ages and well into the Renaissance-the 1400s and 1500s-that evidence began to accumulate in support of these theories. Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries came to believe that the brain was the central organ responsible for sensation. Da Vinci also d...