| dc.contributor.author | Penson, John G. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Penson, Nancy P. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Gatchel, Robert J. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-11-20T19:54:01Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2009-11-20T19:54:01Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Published in Advances in Pain Management, v.2, no.2, pg. 54-58 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10106/1923 | |
| dc.description | Author's final draft after peer review, also known as a post print. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In this article, the best methods for assessing chronic pain patients who are potentially at risk of misuse or abuse of painreduction
medications are highlighted. The author recommends that comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments of such
patients should be conducted using instruments specifically developed for evaluating the potential for abuse/misuse. The
Pain Medication Questionnaire is discussed as an example of one such tool. The advantages of this comprehensive
assessment approach, which has been shown to be the most heuristic perspective for the evaluation and treatment of
chronic pain, are reviewed. Finally, an algorithm for the ongoing evaluation of patients undergoing opioid treatment is
presented. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research supported in parts by grants 5R01 MH46452 and 1K05 MH71892 from the National Institutes of Health and grant No. DAMD17-03-1-0055 from the Department of Defense | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | Remedica Medical Education and Publishing | en |
| dc.subject | Pain Management | en |
| dc.title | Methods for Monitoring Medication Use in Chronic Patients | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington | en_US |
