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Re: Spinal interventions for chronic back pain

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By Jane C. Ballantyne
| The BMJ Verified
Dear Editor Few people would argue with the assessment that the movement started by John Bonica in the 1950s that established pain as a disease in its own right rather than a symptom has not resulted in the widespread improvement in chronic pain hoped for by John Bonica and the founders of pain medicine.[1] In fact, disappointingly, the prevalence and social impact of chronic pain has steadily increased over the ensuing decades.[2] In large part this is not because pain medicine has failed,...
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Spinal interventions for chronic back pain

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By Jane C. Ballantyne
| The BMJ Verified
News & Views Spinal interventions...
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Distinguishing chronic cancer pain from end-of-life pain

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By Jane C. Ballantyne
| The Facts (Seattle) Verified
NSAIDs can effectively reduce long-term, or background, pain. Opioids have an appropriate role, too, a topic expert says. People with cancer can feel chronic pain as a result of their disease or their treatments. Dr. Jane Ballantyne wants to clarify a point about cancer-related pain: Opioids, especially morphine, usually are quite effective at reducing it — for a while.
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