Abstract
Pain-novel targets and new technologies.
Highlights
Pain is a major health problem that significantly affects the quality of life of patients
Despite major advances in treatment strategies over the last two decades, pain management still remains a major challenge in arthritis; and even with treatment with current therapies, many patients still experience moderate-to-severe pain (Stein and Baerwald, 2013)
Opioids are currently one of the most potent groups of analgesics used clinically (Iwaszkiewicz et al, 2013), with prescriptions increasing by 50% over the past 10 years for chronic, non-cancer pain (Waterman, 2013)
Summary
Pain is a major health problem that significantly affects the quality of life of patients. Despite major advances in treatment strategies over the last two decades, pain management still remains a major challenge in arthritis; and even with treatment with current therapies, many patients still experience moderate-to-severe pain (Stein and Baerwald, 2013). Patients with rheumatoid arthritis report pain management as their highest priority (Whittle et al, 2013), and osteoarthritis is the leading cause of pain and physical disability in the elderly (Stein and Baerwald, 2013).
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