CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT 24 Flashcards
ACUTE PAIN TRANSFORMATION
*ACUTE PAIN CAN BECOME CHRONIC IF IT LASTS
MORE THAN
6 MONTHS OR THE TIME IT WOULD
TAKE CONNECTIVE TISSUE TO HEAL
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS
* MANY ARE …
* CHRONIC TMD PAIN SYNDROMES LAST MORE THAN – MONTHS
* — SYMPTOMS AND CHRONIC MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN HAVE
A DIRECT CORRELATION
* — INCREASES THE PATIENT’S SELF REPORTING OF PAIN
ESPECIALLY SKELETAL MUSCLE PAIN
MILD AND SELF-LIMITING
6
DEPRESSIVE
ANXIETY
MULTI-MODALITY APPROACH IS BEST FOR
MANAGEMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR
DISORDERS
(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)
TEAM APPROACH FOR
CHRONIC PAIN HAS BEST
TREATMENT OUTCOME
* INVOLVE MULTI-SPECIALTIES SUCH
AS:
(5)
- OROFACIAL PAIN
- PHYSICAL THERAPY
- PAIN PSYCHOLOGIST
- RHEUMATOLOGIST
- NEUROLOGIST
CAUSE HEAD & FACIAL PAIN:
- MIGRAINE HEADACHE
· TENSION HEADACHE - TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALGIAS (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
PAIN
Mild/Moderate
(4)
NSAIDs, muscle
relaxants
Mixed analgesics,
Class III narcotics
PAIN
Severe
(4)
Steroids, muscle relaxants
Sleep medications, antidepressants,
neuropathic pain medications
Mixed analgesics,
Class II narcotics
ACETAMINOPHEN
* Other name
* Other name
* NO — EFFECTS
* MINIMAL INCREASED RISK OF —
* OVERDOSE: —
* MAX DAILY DOSE: — MG PER DAY IN DIVIDED DOSES EXCEPT
* CHRONIC PAIN — MG PER DAY IN DIVIDED DOSES
PARACETAMOL (GENERIC IN SOME FOREIGN COUNTRIES)
APAP (ACETYL-PARA-AMINOPHENOL)
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
BLEEDING
HEPATOTOXICITY
4000
3000
ACETAMINOPHEN DOSAGE FORMS
* CAPLET, TABLET
(3)
* ELIXIR
(2)
* INJECTABLE (IV)
(1)
* SUPPOSITORY
(3)
325MG, 500MG, 650MG EXTENDED RELEASE (LASTS 8 HRS.)
- 160MG/5ML
- 500MG/5ML
- 10MG/ML
- 120MG, 325MG, 650MG
COMBINATION WITH OPIOIDS
* HYDROCODONE-ACETAMINOPHEN
(3)
- NORCO 5MG, 7.5MG, 10MG/325MG
- VICODIN 5MG, 7.5MG, 10MG/300MG
- WATCH FOR CONCURRENT MEDICATIONS
CONTAINING ACETAMINOPHEN
ESPECIALLY OTC PRODUCTS SUCH AS
SLEEP AIDS
COMBINATION WITH OPIOIDS
* OXYCODONE WITH ACETAMINOPHEN
(2)
- ENDOCET, ROXICET
- 5MG, 7.5MG, 10MG/ 325MG
- PERCOCET
- 5MG, 7.5MG, 10MG/ 325MG
COMBINATION WITH CODEINE
* 300mg/— Tylenol with codeine
No.2
* 300mg/— Tylenol with codeine
No.3
* 300mg/— Tylenol with codeine
No.4
15mg
30mg
60mg
COMBINATION
WITH
TRAMADOL
- ULTRACET
- ACETAMINOPHEN/
TRAMADOL - 320MG/37.5MG