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What is pain?

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Chronic pain is defined as pain lasting > 12 weeks or > 3 months

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Somatic Pain

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Pain arising from damage to muscle, bone, or skin; well-localized

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What are some descriptors of somatic pain?

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Sharp, intense, throbbing, localized

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Visceral Pain

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Pain arising from damage to organs; not well localized – can be referred

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What are some descriptors of visceral pain?

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Gnawing, cramping, squeezing, diffuse, distant

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Neuropathic pain

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Pain arising from a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system

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What are some descriptors of neuropathic pain?

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Shooting, burning, numb, tingling, enhanced sensitivity to heat/cool

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What are the chronic non-cancer pain syndromes?

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  • Osteoarthritis
  • Diabetic Neuropathy
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
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Osteoarthritis (OA)

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  • Common degenerative disorder or the joints leading to hypertrophic bone changes
  • Most common in hands, knees, hips, and spine (asymmetric)
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What are some symptoms of Osteoarthritis (OA)?

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  • Persistent joint pain
  • Stiffness
  • Locomotor restriction
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Diabetic Neuropathy

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  • Nerve damage caused by poorly controlled diabetes that leads to numbness in extremities
  • Most common microvascular complication of diabetes
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What are some symptoms of diabetic neuropathy?

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  • Unprompted numbness
  • Tingling
  • Burning
  • Shooting (symmetrical)
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What are some risk factors of diabetic neuropathy?

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  • Poor blood sugar control
  • Longer duration of diabetes
  • Kidney disease
  • Obesity
  • Cigarette smoking
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What are the first line pharmacological treatments for Diabetic Neuropathy?

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  • Duloxetine (SNRI) - FDA approved
  • Pregabalin - FDA approved
  • Gabapentin
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What are the second line pharmacological treatments for Diabetic Neuropathy?

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  • Venlafaxine (SNRI)
  • Amitriptyline (TCA)
  • Lidocaine patch
  • Capsaicin cream/patch - FDA approved
  • Tramadol (last line)
  • Tapentadol (last line)
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Fibromyalgia

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Widespread soft tissue pain affecting muscles, ligaments, tendons with no obvious objective abnormalities

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What are some symptoms of fibromyalgia?

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Diffuse musculoskeletal pain present for > 3 months, often accompanied by fatigue, headache, cognitive disturbance, and sleep disturbances

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What are some treatment to target sleep disturbances of fibromyalgia?

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  • Amitriptyline
  • Cyclobenzaprine
  • Gabapentinoid (pregabalin-FDA approved, gabapentin)
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What are some treatment to target depression/anxiety of fibromyalgia?

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  • SNRIs - duloxetine (FDA approved), milnacipran (FDA approved)
  • Amitriptyline
  • Pregabalin
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Postherpetic Neuralgia

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Pain in a dermatomal distribution caused by nerve damage secondary to an inflammatory response induced by viral replication (herpes zoster-shingles) within a nerve sustained for at least 90 days after acute herpes zoster

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What are some symptoms of postherpetic neuralgia?

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  • Burning
  • Shock-like pain
  • May be associated with allodynia or hyperalgesia
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Allodynia

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Pain from stimuli which are not normally painful

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Hyperalgesia

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Abnormally heigtened sensitivity to pain

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What are the first line pharmacological treatments for Postherpetic Neuralgia?

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  • Gabapentin (FDA approved)
  • Pregabalin (FDA approved)
  • Lidocaine patch (FDA approved)
  • Capsaicin patch (FDA approved)/cream
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What are the second line pharmacological treatments for Postherpetic Neuralgia?
* TCAs
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What are the third line pharmacological treatments for Postherpetic Neuralgia?
Opioids (not preferred)
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Topical NSAIDs
* Typically utilized for localized pain (OA-related pain) * Miniscule systemic absorption; generally well-tolerated, see benefit in 10-14 days * Apply the gel (2-4g) to affected area 4x/day; max dose: 32 g/day
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For systemic NSAIDs, order from COX1 selectivity to COX2 selectivity based on: -Naproxen, Ibuprofen, Meloxicam, Ketorolac, Celecoxib, Indomethacin, Diclofenac
* Ketorolac * Indomethacin * Naproxen * Ibuprofen * Diclofenac * Celecoxib * Meloxicam
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Which systemic NSAIDs is the worst for cardiovascular-related ADE?
Celecoxib and Diclofenac
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Which systemic NSAIDs is the safest for cardiovascular-related ADE?
Naproxen
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Which systemic NSAIDs is the worst for renal-related ADE?
Naproxen and ibuprofen
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Which systemic NSAIDs is the safest for renal-related ADE?
Celecoxib and diclofenac
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Which systemic NSAIDs is the worst for GI-related ADE?
Ketorolac
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Which systemic NSAIDs is the safest for GI-related ADE?
Celecoxib and ibuprofen
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What are some GI risk factors?
* Age ≥ 65 * History of ulcer disease * Previous GI bleeding * DAPT * Anticoagulant therapy * Corticosteroid use, GERD
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Topical (non-NSAID) agents
Superficial pain/localized, neuropatic pain, OA
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Capsaicin patch (Qutenza)
* FDA approved for diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia * Apply (up to 4 patches) to most painful areas for 30 mins; treatment may be repeated for more than 3 months
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Capsaicin Cream
Diabetic neuropathy * Apply for 4x daily
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What are some expectations when taking capsaicin?
Helpful for pain that responds to heat * See relief in 2-4 weeks
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What are some counseling points for capsaicin?
* Do NOT use heating pads or apply bandages where you applied project * Wash hands after * Administer "quarter size" amt of cream
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Lidocaine
Localized, superficial neuropathic pain
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Lidoderm Patch
Approved for postherpetic neuralgia * Apply for 12 hours then remove for 12 hours
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What are the counseling points of Lidocaine?
* Max 3 patches per day * Can cut patches and place on different sites * Apply to intact skin
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Antidepressants
Neuropathic pain
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What are some advantages of pregabalin?
* Faster onset of pain relief * Higher bioavailablity * Dose can be titrated to "effective dose" more rapidly * Less pill burden (BID dosing)
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What are the disadvantages of pregabalin?
* Higher risk of peripheral edema * Schedule V medication * More expensive, prior authorization * Dose reduction necessary for renal impairment
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What anticonvulsants treat trigeminal neuralgia?
* Carbamazepine * Oxcarbazepine
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What anticonvulsants treat migraine prophylaxis?
* Valproic acid * Topiramate
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What anticonvulsants treat other neuropathic syndromes?
* Carbamazepine * Oxcarbazepine * Phenytoin
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What do you monitor for in controlled substances for chronic non-cancer pain?
* Analgesia * Affect * Activities * Adjuncts * Adverse effects * Aberrant behavior

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