title: Persistent pain management for improved quality of life.
abstract: Persistent pain may arise from a variety of disease states or may not be associated with any obvious pathology. Persistent pain affects almost every aspect of a patient's life, drastically affecting quality of life. Treatment strategies must be individually tailored to the patient to address all manifestations of the patient's suffering. To provide better care for patients with persistent pain, health care providers should educate themselves about the distinctions among addiction, physical dependence, pseudoaddiction, tolerance, and pseudotolerance.
authors: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.
authors: Kenneth C
authors: KC
authors: Jackson
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Mannes
mesh_terms: D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D006801:Humans; D008801:Mexiletine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D011788:Quality of Life; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D009294:Narcotics; D008801:Mexiletine