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Physical Functional Ability Questionnaire FAQ5
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Questionnaire for patients with chronic pain to determine level of functioning.
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ICS
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The Target Chronic Pain Notebook
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This tool helps patients record their level of pain and what factors increase or decrease it. It uses the acronym TARGET (Talk to your healthcare provider, Ask about treatments, Rate your pain treatment options, Get details about breakthrough pain, Explain any limitation to your daily activities, Talk about side effects) which outlines the steps for assessing their pain. This information can help the health care team find the best treatment for the individual.
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Pain Foundation
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Prescription Medications: Misuse, Abuse, Dependence, and Addiction
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Answers questions about differences between addiction, dependence, etc., how people become addicted, treatment options for those who become addicted, and how serious a problem prescription medication misuse is. Issue: 5(2)
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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
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Monitoring Opioid Adherence in Chronic Pain Patients: Tools, Techniques, and Utility
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PDF which aims to educate doctors and individuals on opioid misuse, as well as the guidelines and regulations surrounding the treatment of pain with opioids. Authors: Manchikanti L, Atluri S, Trescot AM, Giordano J Issue: 11: S155-S180
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Pain Physician 2008: Opioids Special Issue
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Peripherally-Acting Opioids
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This article discusses both the well-known and the less common side effects of opioid use and the possible complications that can arise from this type of treatment. Author: Smith, HS Issue: 11: S121-S132
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Pain Physician 2008: Opioids Special Issue
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Opioid Complications and Side Effects
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This article discusses both the well-known and the less common side effects of opioid use and the possible complications that can arise from this type of treatment. Authors: Benyamin R, Trescot AM, Datta S, Buenaventura R, Adlaka R, Sehgal N, Glaser SE, Vallejo R Issue: 11: S105-S120
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Pain Physician 2008: Opioids Special Issue
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Interventional Techniques: Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain
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Boswell et al. provides guidelines to clinicians along with ways of treating and managing chronic spinal pain.
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Pain Physician
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Strategies to Stop Abuse of Prescribed Opioid Drugs
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Provides strategies to help reduce the prevalence of opioid abuse when prescribed: minimizing the risk, strategies to prevent misuse, and novel approaches to stopping misuse.
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American College of Physicians
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Iowa Pain Thermometer Scale
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This pain assessment tool is excellent for patients whose cognitive deficits are moderate to severe, or who have difficulty communicating verbally. The patient checks the circle next to the thermometer to indicate the intensity of current pain. Used with permission of Keela Herr, PhD, RN, The University of Iowa, College of Nursing.
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University of Iowa
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Maria's Mother's Family History

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Click on the pedigree image to review the family history on Maria's mother's side as it currently stands and to compare it to your own version before proceeding.

The following is an image of Maria's mother's medical family history.

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