95% of patients are suffering from moderate to severe chronic pain after one year of treatment[1] and only 12% are being prescribed strong opioids, according to a year-long survey presented today at the EFIC congress. The research reveals that more than half of patients' pain levels fail to improve over the course of a year's treatment and for 19%, their pain has become worse. Despite the high proportion of patients continuing to suffer pain, 64% of patients believe they are taking the most appropriate level of medication and 58% believe that everything is being done to help them.
The new survey, entitled PainSTORY (Pain Study Tracking Ongoing Responses for a Year), is the first of its kind to track the impact of chronic pain on patients' lives over the course of a year and involved 294 patients in 13 European countries.
Regarding pain management, the survey demonstrates that out of all patients who took part in the survey, 83% are prescribed medication but 30% also resort to over the counter (OTC) medication to try to manage their pain either alone or in combination with other therapies. Despite the fact that 95% of patients receiving treatment are suffering from moderate-to-severe pain, only 12% of them are being prescribed a strong opioid treatment, 25% a weak opioid and 43% are prescribed a non-opioid treatment. The research also reveals that only 23% had their prescription changed to a stronger type of pain medication over the course of the year.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/163491.phpVery timely! As always, thanks for doing my article browsing for me and presenting the best of the current offerings.
my friends Mike Everio , Alison Sharman ,Christopher Freville there specialization on this before many year i think on 18th May 2003 , they also told your said points ,
[QUOTE=mike.everio]my friends Mike Everio , Alison Sharman ,Christopher Freville there specialization on this before many year i think on 18th May 2003 , they also told your said points , [/QUOTE]
You and your friends are very busy across the WWW. You have left similar messages on many forums, including a diving board I occasionally visit. A quick internet search reveals that you and your friends are specialist in horticulture, snooker, and biology.
What wonderfully well-versed folks you are. However, I am not sure what the point is and why you are posting on an arthritis board in a topic dealing with chronic pain treatment. Oh, yes, I forgot, your friends are specialists.
Many people here are also pain specialists, however their specialization comes through living in pain day in and day out.
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