"From Conventional to Innovative Approaches for Pain Treatment" ed. by Marco Cascella

This book analyzes several important aspects of pain treatment, from acute pain in surgical settings to chronic pain in cancer and other diseases, from opioids research to interventional procedures, and from optimization of conventional strategies to innovative therapeutic approaches. Coverage of these topics is augmented with attractive iconography and up-to-date references.

Although there have been notable advances in pain medicine in recent decades, pain relief often remains an unmet need in both acute and primary or secondary chronic painful conditions. This poses a great challenge because pain as a symptom and pain as a disease are leading causes of suffering and disability.
This volume is an important source for specialized pain therapists, owing to the comprehensive coverage of the topics and the scientific value of each chapter. Furthermore, for nonspecialized physicians, it is a very useful guide for managing different types of pain.


Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: The Rationale for a Multimodal Approach to Pain Treatment
2.Management of Odontogenic and Nonodontogenic Oral Pain
3.From the Origins of the Opioid Use (and Misuse) to the Challenge of Opioid-Free Pain Management in Surgery
4.The Utility of Patient-Controlled Analgesia for Managing Acute Pain in the Emergency Department
5.The Use of Neurotoxins for Palliative Treatment of Chronic Joint Pain
6.Features and Clinical Effectiveness of the Regenerative Injection Treatments: Prolotherapy and Platelet-Rich Plasma for Musculoskeletal Pain Management
7.Cancer Pain
8.Breakthrough Cancer Pain
9.Wireless Neuromodulation: From Bench to Bedside
10.myoActivation: A Structured Process for Chronic Pain Resolution
11.Food-Derived Opioids: Production and the Effects of Opioids on Human Health