title: Pain management clinics.
abstract: Multidisciplinary pain management clinics provide the standard of care for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of patients who have chronic pain. Primary care physicians are encouraged to maintain an active role in the care of patients after referral to these pain centers, often for long-term opiate therapy or complex regional pain syndrome. Insights into the role of pain management clinics after referral are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Capital Area Pain Management Associates, LLC, 141 Thomas Johnson Drive #190, Frederick, MD, USA. sherlekar99@yahoo.com <sherlekar99@yahoo.com>
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sherlekar
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018710:Pain Clinics; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid