Pain Control | T&F

According to The Pain in Europe survey, published in 2006 almost 30 per cent of individuals with chronic pain report pain daily.

Symptoms of neuropathic pain include pain that is described as aching, boring, worse on movement, anatomically defined, with fluctuations in severity.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a type of neurological pain

Males are among the most common risk groups for under-treatment for pain.

Patients with renal problems should avoid paracetamol?

Studies in recent years indicate anticonvulsants, for example, gabapentin, pregabalin and carbamazepine may not be as effective as first thought for pain and increasing evidence of abuse.

Opioid analgesics can cause diarrhoea if used long-term.

In relation to pain relief, antidepressants, for example amitriptyline, duloxetine and fluoxetine work by interfering with the way nerve impulses are transmitted and ease some types of pain.

Topical analgesics have less risk of side-effects.

Codeine is the worst culprit for chronic daily headache. Codeine-based medicines can bring on chronic daily headaches after only three days of use.