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  • Title: [Update on the pharmacologic approach to pain].
    Author: Brasseur L, Desgieux P, Guirimand F.
    Journal: Therapie; 1999; 54(1):111-6. PubMed ID: 10216434.
    Abstract:
    Acute pain can be managed favourably by the use of paracetamol, non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids and local anaesthetics, solely or in combination. Sophisticated methods of administration such as nerve blocks or patient-controlled analgesia will improve results. Chronic pain, on the other hand, presents a more complex situation and the pharmacological approach is only one aspect of bio-psycho-social management programmes. The role of opioids in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain has still not been clarified. Adjuvant drugs are often required.
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