Via practica 4/2019
Pharmacotherapy of back and joint pain in general practitioner’s office
General physicians as well as many specialists in both ambulatory and hospital care need to deal with joint – and back – pain on daily basis. The aim of this paper is to summarize the possibilities of pain pharmacotherapy, distinguising between the acute and the chronic pain, the nociceptive and neuropathic chracter of the pain, and also to reflect on specifics of treating pain in the elderly. It also includes a stratégy for the rational opioid treatment in patients with chronic noncancerous pain.
Keywords: back pain, pain in old age, opioid treatment












