Practicing clinicians have limited time to refer to detailed text for guidance and are malways in need of a resource they can reference to quickly which contains evidence based, bulleted diagnostic tools and treatment algorithms Chronic Pain I.Q. is that quick reference to guide the Healthcare Provider in the care and management of the chronic pain patient using the most up to date evidence-based practices. The guidelines used include
interdisciplinary approaches, conservative management, medication management and the use of interventional procedures to manage chronic pain conditions. The treatment guidelines in this companion place an emphasis on the most conservative approaches first with a methodical escalation of treatment to more advanced and invasive approaches based on the patient's response to the treatments.
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and Alternative therapies for managing chronic pain including Ketamine therapy, Cannabinoids and Regenerative therapies have been covered in concise detail in the text.
For utilitarian purposes the chronic pain syndromes are organized based on the anatomical locations while the pharmacologic agents are specific to chronic pain management and organized based on drug classifications