Chronic Pain Management: Therapy, Drugs and Needles
In 1931, the French medical missionary Dr Albert Schweitzer wrote, “Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself”. Seventy years...
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Impairs Visuospatial Perception, whereas Post-Herpetic Neuralgia does not: Possible Implications for Supraspinal Mechanism of CRPS
Some of our patients with pathologic pain reported that when groping for the light switch in a dark room, they often misjudge its location...
Pain Prevalence in Singapore
Population studies on pain prevalence are useful in determining the impact that chronic pain has on the society. It draws the attention of healthcare...
Intrathecal Analgesia in Patients with Cancer Pain – An Audit in a Tertiary Institution
Pain is prevalent in cancer patients. It is a major impediment to an adequate quality of life and may undermine efforts to assess and...
Oxycodone – An Audit of its Prescription in a Local Hospital
Oral opioids have been increasingly used for treatment of both cancer and non-cancer pain.1-4 Oxycodone is a synthetic opioid that has become recently available...