A better understanding of potentially high therapeutic failure rates in pain management may be a first step toward doing better with currently available treatments. Clinically, this means expecting analgesic failure, assessing pain, and considering options for stopping and switching therapies. This also requires casting aside a reliance on what works for “average” patients, and asking what works best, for whom, in what circumstances.
via Pain-Topics.org News/Research UPDATES: Expect Analgesic Failure, But Seek Success.
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