Resources for Management of Pain

Pain Management

 

Articles

With financial support from the Board of Licensure in Medicine, the Maine Medical Association has prepared educational material on treatment of chronic pain and prevention of prescription drug abuse for placement on the MMA website.  Physicians will find the Board's Chapter 11 rules, sample narcotic contracts, information on the Prescription Monitoring Program and a description of best practices.  Links to other appropriate sites are available as well.  Suggestions for additional resources should be directed to Gordon Smith, Esq., at MMA.  No cost office consultations and live educational presentations on the same topics are also available by contacting Mr. Smith.


Maine Newspaper Articles

Educational Presentations

References

McLellan, Thomas A, and Turner, Barbara; Prescription Opioids, Overdose Deaths, and Physician Responsibility; JAMA; Vol 300, No 22; 2008.

Hall, AJ, Logan, JE, Toblin, RL, et al; Patterns of Abuse Among Unintentional Pharmaceutical Overdose Fatalities; JAMA; Vol 300, No 22, 2008.

Phillips, DP, Barker, GE, Eguchi, MM; A Steep Increase in Domestic and Fatal Medication Errors With Use of Alcohol and/or Street Drugs; Archives of Internal Medicine; Vol 168 No 14; 2008.

Gourlay, DL, Heit, H, and Almahrezi, A; Universal Precautions in Pain Medicine: A Rational Approach to the Treatment of Chronic Pain; Pain Medicine; 2005; Vol. 6, #2; 107-112.

Webster, LR and Webster, RM; Predicting Aberrant Behaviors in Opioid-Treated Patients: Preliminary Validation of the Opioid Risk Tool; Pain Medicine; 2005; Vol.6. #6; 432-442.

A Recent Guideline

Chou R, Fanciullo GJ, Fine PG, et al; Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain; The Journal of Pain; Vol. 10, No. 2 (February), 2009; pp. 113-130.