CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT Flashcards
CUTE PAIN TRANSFORMATION
* ACUTE PAIN CAN BECOME CHRONIC IF IT LASTS
MORE THAN — OR THE TIME IT
WOULD TAKE CONNECTIVE TISSUE TO HEAL
3 TO 6 MONTHS
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS
(3)
- MANY ARE MILD AND SELF-LIMITING
- CHRONIC TMD PAIN SYNDROMES LAST AT MORE THAN 6 MONTHS
- DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CHRONIC MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN
HAVE A DIRECT CORRELATION
TMD MANAGEMENT
(6)
- MEDICATIONS
- SPLINT THERAPY
- PHYSICAL THERAPY
- ACCUPUNCTURE
- PSYCHOTHERAPY
- SURGERY
CHRONIC OVERLAPPING PAIN CONDITIONS (COPCS)
COMMON CO-EXISTING PAIN CONDITIONS:
(4)
- TMD
- FIBROMYALGIA
- HEADACHES (MIGRAINES, TENSION-TYPE, AND TAC’S)
- IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS)
CAUSE HEAD & FACIAL PAIN:
- MIGRAINE HEADACHE
· TENSION HEADACHE - TAC’S
· TEMPORAL ARTERITIS
· EAR INFECTION
· SINUS INFECTION OR TUMORS
· TOOTH INFECTION
· JAW JOINT SPRAIN
· NEURALGIA
· JAW JOINT DISK DISPLACEMENT *
*MAY NOT BE PAINFUL
CAN CAUSE MALOCCLUSION:
- ORAL CANCER
· JAW JOINT TUMORS (I.E.
OSTEOCHONDROMA)
· DENTAL MALOCCLUSION ESPECIALLY
SECONDARY TO OSTEOARTHRITIS OR
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - FACIAL MUSCLE SPASM
JAW FRACTURE
ACETAMINOPHEN
- PARACETAMOL (GENERIC IN SOME FOREIGN COUNTRIES)
- APAP (ACETYL-PARA-AMINOPHENOL)
- NO ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS
- MINIMAL INCREASED RISK OF BLEEDING
- OVERDOSE: HEPATOTOXICITY
- MAX DAILY DOSE: 4000 MG PER DAY IN DIVIDED DOSES EXCEPT
- 3000 MG PER DAY IN DIVIDED DOSES FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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CETAMINOPHEN DOSAGE FORMS
* CAPLET, TABLET
(1)
* ELIXIR
(2)
* INJECTABLE (IV)
(1)
* SUPPOSITORY
(1)
- 325MG, 500MG, 650MG EXTENDED RELEASE
- 160MG/5ML
- 500MG/5ML
- 10MG/ML
- 120MG, 325MG, 650MG
COMBINATION WITH OPIOIDS
* HYDROCODONE-ACETAMINOPHEN
(2)
- NORCO 5MG, 7.5MG, 10MG/325MG
- VICODIN 5MG, 7.5MG, 10MG/300MG
- WATCH FOR CONCURRENT MEDICATIONS CONTAINING ACETAMINOPHEN ESPECIALLY OTC
PRODUCTS.
COMBINATION WITH OPIOIDS
* OXYCODONE WITH ACETAMINOPHEN
(2)
- ENDOCET, ROXICET
- 5MG, 7.5MG, 10MG/ 325MG
- PERCOCET
- 5MG, 7.5MG, 10MG/ 325MG
COMBINATION WITH CODEINE
* TYLENOL WITH CODEINE NO.2
(1)
* TYLENOL WITH CODEINE NO.3
(1)
* TYLENOL WITH CODEINE NO.4
(1)
- 300MG/15MG
- 300MG/30MG
- 300MG/60MG
COMBINATION WITH TRAMADOL
* ULTRACET
(2)
- ACETAMINOPHEN/ TRAMADOL
- 320MG/37.5MG
ADVANTAGES OF LONG-ACTING OPIOIDS
(5)
- MORE CONSISTENT ANALGESIA
- FEWER ADVERSE EFFECTS
- MORE TOLERANCE TO ADVERSE EFFECTS
- BETTER SLEEP ➔ BETTER DAYTIME FUNCTION
- LESS EUPHORIA, ADDICTION, DIVERSION
OTC PRODUCTS CONTAINING ACETAMINOPHEN
* EXCEDRIN EXTRA STRENGTH, EXCEDRIN MIGRAINE
(2)
- ACETAMINOPHEN/ ASPIRIN/ CAFFEINE
- 250MG/ 250MG/ 65MG
OTC PRODUCTS CONTAINING ACETAMINOPHEN
* COMTREX
(2)
- ACETAMINOPHEN/ DEXTROMETHORPHAN/ PHENYLEPHRINE
- 325MG/ 10MG/ 5MG
NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS
(NSAIDS)
- ASPIRIN
- IBUPROFEN
- NAPROXEN
- PIROXICAM
- MELOXICAM
- INDOMETHACIN
- DICLOFENAC
- KETOROLAC
- CELECOXIB
- ETODOLAC
- NABUMETONE
NSAIDS
(3)
- ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS
- ANALGESIC EFFECTS
- ANTIPYRETIC EFFECTS
NSAIDS
* AT LOW DOSE
(2)
* AT HIGHER DOSES
(1)
- ANTIPYRETIC EFFECTS
- ANALGESIC EFFECTS
- MORE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS BESIDES MENTIONED EFFECTs