Med. praxi. 2018;15(4):189-193 | DOI: 10.36290/med.2018.036
General physicians as well as many specialists in both ambulatory and hospital care need to deal with joint – and back – painon daily basis. The aim of this paper is to summarize the possibilities of pain pharmacotherapy, distinguising between the acuteand the chronic pain, the nociceptive and neuropathic chracter of the pain, and also to reflect on specifics of treating pain in theelderly. It also includes a stratégy for the rational opioid treatment in patients with chronic noncancerous pain.
Published: September 1, 2018 Show citation