Current and Future Trends in Acute Pain Management
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Clinical Journal of Pain
- Vol. 5, S51-S58
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00002508-198903001-00010
Abstract
The rationale for improving analgesic therapy is presented. After reviewing the role of drug pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variability in determining the quality of pain relief, newer developments in acute pain management are described: newer opioid and nonopioid analgesic drugs; alternative drug delivery systems; nonpharmacologic approaches, use of combination analgesic theraphy. Finally, several possible future research trends in acute pain management are discuss.Keywords
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