Pharmacological intervention in management of neck pain disorders : a review / Marwan S.M. Al-Nimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al-Nimer, Marwan S. M.

Series:

Pain and its origins, diagnosis, and treatments series.

Nova biomedical.

Nova biomedical

Pain and its origins, diagnosis, and treatments series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neck pain--Chemotherapy.

Neck pain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The prevalence of neck pain disorders is increasing world-wide with approximately 10% of adult affected with neck pain. The treatment of neck pain depends on its precise cause and includes rest, heat/ice application, traction, soft collar traction, physical therapy, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation, surgical procedures and pharmacotherapy. The current pharmacological agents that are used in management of neck pain include non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, centrally acting analgesia, acetaminophen, muscle relaxants, topical painkillers and/or topical anaesthesia, local steroids and/or local anaesthetics injections and antimicrobials. This book focuses on the concepts of pharmacotherapy of neck pain disorders in respect to the cause of neck pain, the nature of pain, the mechanism of drug action, the practice of local injections with radiologist intervention, as well as the quality of life and the long term harmful effects including medicines abused.

Contents:

Pain perception

Central, topical, and peripherally acting analgesics

Antimicrobials

Complementary/alternative analgesia

Quality of life.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-791-1

OCLC:

785909386