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Index of Articles by Volume/Issue
Vol. 8, No. 6

June 2008


Vol. 8, No. 5

May 2008


Vol. 8, No. 4

April 2008


Vol. 8, No. 2

March 2008


Vol. 8, No. 1

Jan/Feb 2008


Vol. 7, No. 9

Nov/Dec 2007


Vol. 7, No. 8

October 2007


Vol. 7, No. 8

Sep 2007

  • Structuring Opioid Therapy
    Patient stratification for certain characteristics can minimize the risk of sleep apnea and respiratory depression.by Lynn R. Webster, MD, FACPM, FASAM
  • Education And Exercise Program For Chronic Pain Patients
    Y-Pep, a Canadian community-based program for chronic pain patients, provides hope, improves physical function, pain tolerance, and coping skills. by C. King-VanVlack, BSc, MSc, PhD; et al
  • Chronic Persistent Pain Can Kill
    Case report of a male patient whose death was hastened by chronic pain.by Thomas J. Romano, MD, PhD
  • Smoking and Aberrant Behavior in Chronic Pain Patients
    A narrative review of smoking and aberrant drug-taking behavior in chronic pain patients together with emerging clinical implications. by Lara K. Dhingra, PhD, and Steven D. Passik, PhD
  • Chronic Pain Program in a Primary Care Setting
    With a designated pain professional and appropriate safeguards, a pain management program can be successfully integrated into a multi-physician primary care clinic.by Karel Schram, PA-C, and Wayne Kohn, DO
  • Burning Mouth Syndrome
    The large array of potential pathologies for this condition requires investigative skill, tenacity, patience, and empathy to differentially diagnose and treat. by Keith A. Yount, DDS, MAGD
  • Managing Pain in Intensive Care Units
    Aggressive pain management for the typically very ill and unstable patients in the ICU must be individualized based on the circumstances of each patient's pathology and condition. by Ronald Go, MD, Kathleen Broglio, ANP-CS, ACHPN, and B. Eliot Cole, MD
  • Oxycodone to Oxymorphone Metabolism
    Interpreting urine drug tests in pain patients treated with oxycodone requires an understanding that oxymorphone, although considered a minor metabolite, can sometimes equal or exceed urine concentrations of oxycodone. by Jennifer Schneider, MD and Ashley Miller
  • Publisher's Message
    Interview with Sheri Gavinski, ICPCDby Marvin Rosenfeld
  • APS Response to the Washington State Guidelines
    by Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN
  • Clinical Bioethics
    Rational, Emotive, Ethical Approaches To Bio-Psychosocial Pain Careby James Giordano, PhD and Joan Walter, JD, PA-C
  • Laser Therapy
    Pain Relief Strategies When Using a Continuous Output GaAlAs Laser by William J. Kneebone, CRNA, DC, CNC, DIHom, FIAMA, DIACT
  • Head and Neck Pain
    Patulous Eustachian Tube, Part 1by Edwin A. Ernest III, DMD
  • HIT Advisor
    Get Better Connected To Your Patients Over the Internet by Greg Winterkamp

Vol. 7, No. 6

Jul/Aug 2007


Vol. 7, No. 5

June 2007


Vol. 7, No. 4

May 2007

  • Paradigm Shift in Cancer Pain Management
    Application of an interdisciplinary, psychosocial modelùalong with early interventionùcan change the focus from palliation of advanced pain complications to that of preempting chronicity and improving quality of life for cancer patients.by John P. Garofalo, PhD; Robert J. Gatchel, PhD, ABPP; Andrew Baum, PhD
  • Self-Protection Against "Off-Label" Lawsuits
    The current medico-legal climate is hampering the long-standing medical prerogative to prescribe a particular drug for a therapeutic effect deemed beneficial to the patient. by Forest Tennant MD, DrPH
  • Publisher's Message
    A Pain Management Forumby Marvin Rosenfeld
  • Viewpoint
    Methadone Perspectivesby Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH and Joseph Shurman, MD
  • Clinical Bioethics
    Invoking the Placebo Effectby James Giordano, PhD
  • Electromedicine
    CES in the Treatment of Depressionby Daniel L. Kirsch, PhD, DAAPM, FAIS , and Marshall F. Gilula, MD
  • Fibromyalgia
    Fibromyalgia Patient Insightsby Lynne Matallana, MA
  • Head and Neck Pain
    Cervical-Medullary Meningioma by Edwin A. Ernest III, DMD
  • Imaging
    Multidimensional Ultrasonographyby Tiziano Marovino, DPT, FAAPM
  • Interventional Therapy
    Sedation Levels for Intraspinal Injectionsby Lynn R. Webster, MD, FACPM, FASAM
  • Laser Therapy
    Deep Penetration Therapeutic Laser by William J. Kneebone, RN, CRNA, DC, CNC, DIHom, FIAMA, DIACT
  • Prolotherapy
    Prolotherapy For Low Back Painby Donna Alderman, DO
  • HIT Advisor
    Pen Tabletsby Greg Winterkamp

Vol. 7, No. 3

April 2007


Vol. 7, No. 2

March 2007

  • Complex Interplay of Participants in Opioid Therapy
    An historical and contemporary view of societal, medical, manufacturer, payer, and legal interactions affecting the prescription and use of opioids for pain management. by Dana Bernstein, PhD, MS; Anna W. Stowell, PhD; Rob Haggard, BS, MS Degree Candidate; Whitney Worzer, BA, MS Degree Candi
  • Viewpoint
    Moderated by Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH and Joseph Shurman, MDby Joseph Shurman, MD
  • Clinical Bioethics
    A Big Picture: Neurogenesis, Pain, and the Reality and Ethics of Pain Medicineby James Giordano, PhDJames Giordano, PhD
  • Electromedicine
    CES in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders by Daniel L. Kirsch, PhD, DAAPM, FAIS and Marshall F. Gilula, MD
  • Fibromyalgia
    Sleep Disturbances in Fibromyalgia by Carol A. Landis, DNSc, RN, FAAN
  • Head and Neck Pain
    Migraine-like Headache of Temporal Tendonitisby Edwin A. Ernest III, DMD; Mario E. Martinez, DMD, MS; David B. Rydzewski, MD; and E. George Salter, PhD
  • Interventional Therapy
    Are Intrathecal Therapy Trials Necessary?by Lynn R. Webster, MD, FACPM, FASAM
  • Laser Therapy
    Phototherapy Applications In Sports Medicine by Douglas Johnson, ATC, CLS
  • Pharmacotherapy
    Using Methadone Effectively and Safely as Analgesic by Thomas C. Mercurio, BS, PharmD Candidate and Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, BCPS
  • HIT Advisor: Interoperability, Part 3
    Understanding where you are in the Evolution of Computerization by Greg Winterkamp

Vol. 7, No. 1

Jan/Feb 2007


Vol. 6, No. 8

Nov/Dec 2006

  • Interventional Therapy Department: Minimally-Invasive Interventional Spine Treatment, Part 1
    Flouroscopically-directed spinal injection techniques may improve the efficacy of physical therapy and functional restoration protocols. by Elmer G. Pinzon, MD, MPH
  • Pediatric Headaches
    Initial treatment of pediatric headaches may benefit by using conservative, reversible modalities for tension headache before resorting to medications for migraine.by Keith A. Yount, DDS, MAGD
  • Practical Applications of Low Level Laser Therapy
    A brief review of some of the basic concepts of low level laser therapy, clinical indications for its use, and treatment options when applying therapeutic lasers to patients in pain. by William J. Kneebone, CRNA, DC, CNC, DIHom, FIAMA, DIACT
  • Strength Testing in Pain Assessment
    Quantitative, objective measurement of muscle strength in the extremities is suggested as a means of improving the validity and reliability of strength measurements in pain assessment.by Alex Ambroz, MD, MPH; Robert Zucker, MD, MPH; Clara Ambroz, MD, MPH
  • Editor's Memo
    Neurogenesis: A Goal of Chronic Pain Treatmentby Forest A. Tennant, MD, DrPH
  • Publisher's Message
    Fibromyalgia Departmentby Marvin Rosenfeld
  • Head and Neck Pain
    Hyoid Bone Syndromeby Edwin A. Ernest III, DMD, and E. George Salter, PhD
  • Pharmacotherapy
    Practical Use of Analgesics for Pain Managementby Charles D. Ponte, PharmD
  • Electromedicine
    Electromedical Treatment of Headachesby Daniel L. Kirsch, PhD, DAAPM, FAIS
  • Clinical Bioethics
    On the Role of Primary Care Within a System of Integrative Multi-Disciplinary Pain Managementby James Giordano, PhD; Pierre LeRoy, MD; and Uday Uthaman, MD
  • Imaging
    Mobile MRI: Imaging on Wheels by Tiziano Marovino, DPT, FAAPM
  • HIT Advisor
    Interoperability, Part 1by Greg Winterkamp

Vol. 6, No. 7

October 2006

  • Share the Risk Model
    Originating in San Diego, this practice model is an example of successful collaboration among doctors to mitigate professional risks while improving care for pain patients.by Joseph Shurman, MD; John Sack, MD; Gloria Shurman, PhD; Bradley Schnierow, MD; and Ceasar Gabriel, BSP
  • Observational Study of Dural Punctures
    A retrospective review of the rate of dural punctures as a complication of lumbar epidural steroid injection—with and without guiding fluoroscopy. by Anthony H. Guarino, MD
  • Using Topiramate in the Treatment of Migraine
    The number one drug used by neurologists for migraine and daily headache, topirimate is only reluctantly used by primary care physicians. This article is an attempt to demystify a very effective drug in the physician's migraine armentarium.by R. Steven Singer, MD
  • Guest Editorial
    Low Level Laser Therapy: A Clinician's Viewby Bernard E. Filner, MD
  • Practice Patterns of Clinicians Treating Vulvar Pain
    Expert opinion is an important source of information for clinicians hoping to treat this condition efficiently and effectively.by Glenn Updike, MD
  • Editor's Memo
    Share The Care—Not Just The Riskby Forest A. Tennant, MD, DrPH
  • Publisher's Message
    Writing for Departments and Announcing Our New Imaging Department by Marvin Rosenfeld
  • Pharmacotherapy
    An Overview of Sleep Medicationsby Chris Terpening, PhD, PharmD
  • Head and Neck Pain
    Ernest Syndrome and Insertion of the SML at the Mandible by Edwin A. Ernest, III, DMD
  • Interventional Therapy
    Treating Sports Related Injury and Pain with Light Therapy by Joseph Hsin, MD and Jon Weston, MBA
  • Electromedicine
    Microcurrent Electrical Therapy (MET): A Tutorialby Daniel L. Kirsch, PhD, DAAPM, FAIS
  • Clinical Bioethics
    Pain as Disease and Illness: Part Twoby James Giordano, PhD
  • HIT Advisor
    So Many Electronic Medical Record Systems, So Costly! by Greg Winterkamp

Vol. 6, No. 6

September 2006


Vol. 6, No. 5

Jul/Aug 2006

  • Urine Drug Testing and Monitoring in Pain Management
    Scientifically sound urine drug testing can be an effective means to augment pharmacotherapy and assist with medical/legal aspects of the healthcare environment.by Frank A Fornari, PhD, David M. Siwicki, MD, Gwen B. Bauer, PhD
  • Vitamin D Deficiencies in Pain Patients
    This condition, associated with muscle weakness, myopathy, and consequently musculoskeletal pain, was found to be prevalent in the patient population studied.by Mark L. Gostine, MD and Fred N. Davis, MD
  • Potential Hazards of Vertebroplasty
    Improperly executed intrathecal injection of methyl methacrylate during vertebroplasty causes neurologic deficit and arachnoiditis.by J. Antonio Aldrete, MD, MS; Maria del Socorro Romero Figueroa, MD; and Rhamsis F. Ghaly, MD
  • Splenius Capitis Muscle Syndrome
    This syndrome typically mimics the respective pain patterns of temporal tendonitis and migraine headache.by Edwin A. Ernest III, DMD, FAANaOS and Mark W. Ernest, BA.
  • Clinical Pearls for Treating Headache Patients
    Years of observations in evaluating and treating migraineurs provides insights into the complexities of this patient population.by Dr. Lawrence Robbins, MD
  • Lessons Learned from a Headache TMD Study
    A retrospective study of two groups of patients yields some insight into the relationship of TMD and headaches.by John S DuPont Jr., DDS and Chris Brown,DDS
  • Editor's Memo
    Tailor-Made Medications Are Critical For Chronic Pain Treatmentby Forest A. Tennant, MD, DrPH
  • Publisher's Message
    Improvement With Your Help by Marvin L. Rosenfeld
  • Guest Editorial
    Guidelines for Opioid Management of Painby J. S. Hochman, MD
  • Interventional Therapy
    Interventional Therapies in the Continuum of Careby Lynn Webster, MD
  • Electromedicine
    Why Electromedicine?by Daniel L. Kirsch, PhD, DAAPM, FAIS
  • Laser Therapy
    Determining Which Low Level Laser to Use by Larry Lytle, DDS, PhD
  • Clinical Bioethics
    by James Giordano, PhD
  • HIT Advisor
    by Greg Winterkamp

Vol. 6, No. 4

May/Jun 2006


Vol. 6, No. 3

April 2006

  • Breakthrough Pain in Non-Cancer Patients
    An observational study of breakthrough pain in non-cancer patients with chronic low back pain.by Anthony H. Guarino, MD and Martha E. Cornell, RN, BSN
  • Adjuvant Analgesia for Management of Chronic Pain
    An updated review of traditional adjuvant analgesics, psychotropic agents, other newer medications, and non-pharmacological adjuvant modalities for pain.by Bilal F. Shanti, MD, Gabriel Tan, PhD, Ihsan F. Shanti, MD, PhD
  • A Muscular Approach to Headache
    Muscular dysfunction of head muscles may result in headache due to muscle over-exertion and fatigue.by G.E. Sella, MD, MSc, MPH, PhD (HC) DAAPM
  • The Role of MMPI-2 In Assessment Of Chronic Pain
    MMPI-2 data is best viewed as one of multiple sources of patient information, including history, social support networks, coping ability, and more.by Robert J. Gatchel, PhD, ABPP
  • Electroanalgesic Nerve Block
    Theory and case reports on an advanced generation electroanalgesic medical device (EAD) in reducing or mitigating acute and/or chronic intractable pain conditions.by Robert H. Odell, Jr., MD, PhD, Richard Sorgnard, PhD, and Hans Ulrich May, MD
  • Case Presentation of Munchausen Syndrome
    Following epidural analgesia in a chronic pain patient, an occurrence of thoracic epidural abscess led to a finding of Munchausen Syndrome.by Mazin Ellias, MD,FRCA and Yakub Ellias, MD, FRCS0
  • The American Board Of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME)
    Dedicated to the improvement in quality of independent medical examinations.by Mohammad I. Ranavaya, MD, MS, FRCPI, FFOM, CIME, and Thomas A. Beller, MD, CIME
  • Editor's Memo
    Opioid Malabsorption—Can You Stomach This?by Forest A. Tennant, MD, DrPH
  • Publisher's Message
    And the Winner Is... by Marvin L. Rosenfeld
  • Guest Editorial
    Sedation Safety and Comfort by Robert J. Rogers, MD, FACP, Diplomat ABA and ABIM
  • Clinical Bioethics
    On Knowing by James Giordano, PhD
  • HIT Advisor
    Workflow & Clinical Decision Making, Part Iby Greg Winterkamp

Vol. 6, No. 2

March 2006


Vol 6, No. 1

Jan/Feb 2006

  • Infusion Catheter Epidural
    Continuous infusion of lumbar epidural corticosteroid effectively reduces inflammation and pain by “bathing” the suspect spinal structure over a three day period.by Michael Shapiro, MD
  • Role of Psychology in Pain Management
    An overview of the various roles that psychology and psychologists play in pain management.by Leanne R. Cianfrini, PhD and Daniel M. Doleys, PhD
  • The Demise of Multidisciplinary Pain Management Clinics?
    A potential strategy for addressing the conflicting ethos of business-oriented insurance and corporate healthcare versus the ends and means of right and morally sound patient care.by Michael E. Schatman, PhD, DAAPM
  • Pain Education and Pain Educators
    With limited opportunities of pain management residencies and fellowships, alternate means must be employed for practicing physicians to train in the basics of pain management. by Barry Eliot Cole, MD, MPA
  • Tennant Blood Study — First Update
    Collaborative blood level survey of effective opioid administration in opioid-tolerant chronic pain patients.by Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH
  • Do Topical Herbal Agents Provide Pain Relief?
    A pilot study of chronic pain patients with fibromyalgia demonstrated a positive response to topical herbal agents.by Gordon D. Ko, MD, CCFP(EM), FRCPC, Annie Hum, MD, CAFCI, and George Traitses, DC
  • Suspecting and Diagnosing Arachnoiditis
    A review of the symptoms noted in a group of patients with arachnoiditis presents an analysis of clinical observations of this disease.by J. A. Aldrete MD, MS
  • Editor's Memo
    Practical Science Meets the Art of Pain Medicineby Forest A. Tennant, MD, DrPH
  • Publisher's Message
    Our Positionsby Marvin L. Rosenfeld
  • New Report of a High-Dose Morphine Metabolite
    A previously unreported metabolite of high-dose morphine treatment, hydromorphone, has recently been discovered by a select few laboratories.by Michael Evans, PhD, Andrea Terrell, PhD, DABCC, Robert Foery, PhD, DABCC/TC, Breain Ma’Ayteh, MA, and John Constantine, BS
  • Health Information Technology Advisor
    HIT Advisor: Tips Towards an Effective Paperless System: Can You Afford It?by Greg Winterkamp
  • Bioethics
    Pain Medicine, Morality, and the Marketplace: Time for a Changeby James Giordano, PhD
  • Guest Editorial
    The Dimensions of Painby William M. Lamers, Jr., MD

Vol. 5, No. 7

Nov/Dec 2005

  • Tennant Blood Study: Preliminary Report
    Collaborative blood level survey of effective opioid administration in opioid-tolerant chronic pain patients.by Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH
  • Head Region Neuropathies
    As part of a differential diagnosis of pain associated with tooth, gum, tongue, palate, or face, the potential presence of neuropathies should also be considered before performing irreversible procedures.by Keith A. Yount, DDS, MAGD
  • Childhood Costochondritis and Biofeedback
    A clinical case examination of behavioral treatment using a relaxation model of biofeedback in treating this rare painful disorder.by Roslyn E. Feierstein, PhD
  • Treating Muscular Dysfunction of Lower Limbs
    An SEMG view of investigation of muscular dysfunction and rehabilitation of the lower limb muscles.by G.E. Sella, MD
  • Chronic Pain and Biopsychosocial Disorders
    The BHI™ 2 Approach to Classification and Assessment.by Daniel Bruns, PsyD and John Mark Disorbio, EdD
  • Physical Therapy in Pain Management
    Physical therapy has evolved as a supportive specialty of medicine and contributes expertise in multi-modal treatment techniques and therapies that specifically target painful conditions.by Tiziano Marovino, DPT, FAAPM
  • Bioethics and Intractable Pain
    Pragmatic and ethical issues in the clinical use of the term “Intractable Pain.”by James Giordano, PhD
  • Editor's Memo
    Control or Cure: Tell It Like It Is by Forest A. Tennant, MD, DrPH