Purvez Akhtar Md
Purvez Akhtar Md - Managing Chronic Pain In An Age Of Addiction - Hardcover
Purvez Akhtar Md - Managing Chronic Pain In An Age Of Addiction - Hardcover
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Description: As a nation we are facing an unprecedented opioid crisis that is killing more than 65,000 people a year. It is destroying our families and decimating our neighborhoods. And it is costing us billions. As more and more people are dealing with chronic pain and as the opioid crisis reaches epic proportions alternative approaches to understanding pain and its management are necessary. Here Dr. Akhtar Purvez a seasoned researcher pain specialist and pain advocate offers basic information about pain and pain conditions and considers how we approach pain from cultural biological and medical perspectives. He discusses the latest minimally invasive interventional approaches like nerve blocks and ablation procedures and neuromodulation techniques like peripheral nerve spinal cord and brain stimulation. The uses of marijuana and associated interventions is reviewed and Purvez walks readers through the process of assessing pain finding a doctor who can treat it and methods for coping with pain through non - medical approaches like meditation. Anyone coping with pain or helping someone who is will find here a ready resource that offers hope and understanding.
Title: Managing Chronic Pain In An Age Of Addiction
Author(s): Purvez Akhtar Md
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Barcode: 9781538109236
Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Date: 10/15/2018
Category: Coping With Personal Problems
Description: As a nation we are facing an unprecedented opioid crisis that is killing more than 65,000 people a year. It is destroying our families and decimating our neighborhoods. And it is costing us billions. As more and more people are dealing with chronic pain and as the opioid crisis reaches epic proportions alternative approaches to understanding pain and its management are necessary. Here Dr. Akhtar Purvez a seasoned researcher pain specialist and pain advocate offers basic information about pain and pain conditions and considers how we approach pain from cultural biological and medical perspectives. He discusses the latest minimally invasive interventional approaches like nerve blocks and ablation procedures and neuromodulation techniques like peripheral nerve spinal cord and brain stimulation. The uses of marijuana and associated interventions is reviewed and Purvez walks readers through the process of assessing pain finding a doctor who can treat it and methods for coping with pain through non - medical approaches like meditation. Anyone coping with pain or helping someone who is will find here a ready resource that offers hope and understanding.
Title: Managing Chronic Pain In An Age Of Addiction
Author(s): Purvez Akhtar Md
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Barcode: 9781538109236
Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Date: 10/15/2018
Category: Coping With Personal Problems
