title: When does chronic pain become intractable and when is pharmacological management no longer appropriate? The pain specialist's perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario del Mar, Barcelona, Spain. MpuigR@imas.imim.es
authors.forename: Margarita M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Puig
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D018579:Patient Selection; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013038:Specialization; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics