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Listed below are various documents that might be useful to current or perspective patients. All files are in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format for easy viewing and printing. Just click the link to download the entire article.

• PPTC_Implantables4patients.pdf
  Discusses when and how to use implantable technologies, spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal therapies for pain
• PPTC_Interventional_Pain_Manag.pdf
  Describes possible mini-invasive procedures for spinal painful disorders andwhy and when to use challenge discography
• PPTC_MY_BACK_PAIN.pdf
  Describes the causes and treatments of back and neck pain
• PPTC_Neurobiology-painforweb.pdf
  Discusses what pain is and what are the normal body mechanisms that result in pain?
• Pharmacologic_Strategies.pdf
  Describes the medication management of pain
• Tools_of_the_trade.pdf
  Gives some treatment options for pain

Listed below are various documents related to pain treatment that might be useful to physicians. All files are in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format for easy viewing and printing.

• Fibromyalgia.pdf
  Describes the history, criteria and mechanisms of fibromyalgia
• Implantables4Pain.pdf
  Discusses when and how to use implantable technologies, spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal therapies for pain
• MIN_INVASIVE_SPINE.pdf
  Describes possible mini-invasive procedures for spinal painful disorders and when to use challenge discography
• Neurobiology_of_Pain.pdf
  Gives a full description of the neurobiology of normal pain and the differences of neuropathic and nociceptive pain
• pain_in_the_elderly.pdf
  An article discussing the epidemiology of pain in the elderly and how to treat it
• PAIN_MEDICINE_4_PCPS.pdf
  Describes the various goals of pain therapy and the treatment options for chronic pain
• Pain_Treatment_Continuum.pdf
  Lists the treatment options for chronic pain and how and when to use the "tools of the trade" to treat chronic pain
• SCS_AND_VISCERAL_PAIN.pdf
  Describes the neurobiology of visceral pain and rationale for the use of spinal cord stimulation to treat visceral painful disorder
• SCS_ANGINA.pdf
  Describes the neurobiology of angina and rationale for the use of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to treat angina. Discusses the literature on SCS for angina and presents a possible treatment algorithm including SCS
• SCS_MECHANISMS.pdf
  Presents a review of the literature regarding the mechanisms of SCS
• Use_of_Membrane.pdf
  Describes the use of antidepressants and anti epileptic drugs to treat chronic painful disorders. Reviews common mechanisms of pain, mood disorder and epilepsy and respective similar treatments
• THE_5_Pillars.pdf
  Presents the treatment options for pain under the five pillars of pain medicine