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| Title: |
Tomorrow's Therapies: The Future of Chronic Pain Management |
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
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08:00 AM - 09:45 AM |
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SYMP-BREAKFAST  |
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| Speaker(s): |
David L. Caraway |
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Chronic pain continues to be under-recognized and under-treated in the U.S. The economic and psychosocial impacts of chronic pain are severe. Approximately, 30 million Americans suffer from moderate to severe non-cancer related chronic pain. Chronic pain results in over 40 million doctor visits and 515 million lost work days annually (1). Current and future approaches to the diagnoses and treatment options for chronic pain conditions are essential to any case manager dealing with these patients(2).
The goal of this Symposium is to provide participants with information on the pathology of chronic pain, and the most common injuries and disease conditions that present as chronic pain and treatment options.
1 Chronic Pain in America: Roadblocks to Relief, a study conducted by Roper Starch Worldwide for American Academy of Pain Medicine, American Pain Society and Janssen Pharmaceutica, 1999. Available at: http//www.ampainsoc.org/links/roadblocks/conclude_road.htm. Accessed June 8, 2007.
2 Business Week, March 1, 1999.
Objectives:
- Review of chronic pain. Where are we now?
- Discuss emerging treatments. Where are we going?
- Discuss Evidence Based Medicine and chronic pain.
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