Question

Access the resources page of the American Academy of Pain Medicine website and report three facts about pain management or resources.

https://painmed.org/aapm-news/american-pain-society

Answer 1

Pain management or pain control represents the branch of medicine that tends to relieve suffering and enhance the quality of life of the people living with chronic pain. An interdisciplinary approach is used for the aim of pain management.

Following are the recent facts related to pain management according to American Academy of pain management:

• 18F-FDG PET (positron emission tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) have been used in a new molecular approach that can precisely determine the site of pain generators in people suffering from chronic pain. It triggers a new plan of management for the patients.
• A novel class of pipeline drugs has been discovered by the researchers at Louisiana State University Health New Orleans. These drugs can relieve pain and decrease fever without the risk of addiction and liver or kidney damage.
• Placebo has been reported to treat pain. In research it has been found that patients experiencing psychological distress like anxiety and depression feel relief from pain in a placebo experiment. In this research, an inert cream was used which patient thought could help them.