Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Advances in Pain Management
First Page
54
Last Page
58
Abstract
In this article, the best methods for assessing chronic pain patients who are potentially at risk of misuse or abuse of painreduction medications are highlighted. The author recommends that comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments of such patients should be conducted using instruments specifically developed for evaluating the potential for abuse/misuse. The Pain Medication Questionnaire is discussed as an example of one such tool. The advantages of this comprehensive assessment approach, which has been shown to be the most heuristic perspective for the evaluation and treatment of chronic pain, are reviewed. Finally, an algorithm for the ongoing evaluation of patients undergoing opioid treatment is presented.
Disciplines
Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Penson, John G.; Penson, Nancy P.; and Gatchel, Robert J., "Methods for Monitoring Medication Use in Chronic Patients" (2008). Psychology Faculty Publications. 22.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/psychology_facpubs/22
Comments
This research supported in parts by grants 5R01 MH46452 and 1K05 MH71892 from the National Institutes of Health and grant No. DAMD17-03-1-0055 from the Department of Defense
Author's final draft after peer review, also known as a post print.