@article{2ee0f6a975ef4d048662e78bb16223ad,
title = "Effective treatments for pain in the older patient",
abstract = "By 2050, the number of older persons across the globe will exceed the number of younger people for the first time in history. Chronic conditions, especially pain, will rise in prevalence as the population ages. Controlling pain in this unique subset of the population demands careful attention to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic factors and their specific impact on pharmacotherapies, relevant complementary and alternative medicine therapies, and interventional strategies.",
keywords = "Aging, Analgesia, Biopsychosocial, Complementary and alternative medicine, Elderly, Geriatric pain, Injections, Interventional techniques, Kyphoplasty, Nerve blocks, Neuromodulation, Older adults, Opioids, Pain control, Pharmacotherapy, Seniors, Vertebroplasty",
author = "Christo, {Paul J.} and Sean Li and Gibson, {Stephen J.} and Perry Fine and Haroon Hameed",
note = "Funding Information: Disclosures P. J. Christo: none; S. Li: none. Dr. Stephen Gibson has received grants or has grants pending from the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). Dr. Perry Fine has served as a consultant for, and has received travel expense compensation from, Ameritox, Cephalon, Purdue Pharma, Meda Pharmaceuticals, King Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly and Co., and Forest Pharmaceuticals; has provided expert testimony for Johnson and Johnson and Cephalon; has received grants from the National Cancer Institute (USA); has received payment for the development of educational presentations from the National Initiative on Pain Control and the American Pain Foundation; and serves as President-Elect of the American Academy of Pain Medicine and on the board of directors of the American Pain Foundation. H. Hameed: none.",
year = "2011",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1007/s11916-010-0164-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "15",
pages = "22--34",
journal = "Current pain and headache reports",
issn = "1531-3433",
publisher = "Current Science, Inc.",
number = "1",
}