European Pain Management Discussion Forum

ABSTRACT

Queries from European physicians about analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from the author are presented. Topics addressed in this issue pertain to management of complex regional pain syndrome in a patient who does not tolerate gabapentinoids, and management of severe, acute pain in a patient receiving sublingual buprenorphine.

This feature is adapted from paineurope 2012; Issue 1, ©Haymarket Medical Publications Ltd., and is presented with permission. paineurope is provided as a service to pain management by Mundipharma International, Ltd., and is distributed free of charge to health care professionals in Europe. Archival issues can be accessed via the Web site: http://www.paineurope.com at which European health professionals can register online to receive copies of the quarterly publication.

KEYWORDS :

• acute pain
• buprenorphine
• complex regional pain syndrome
• CRPS
• nerve blocks
• pharmacotherapy
• spinal cord stimulation
• sublingual