The focus in chronic pain assessment differs from the evaluation of acute pain, which assumes a specific underlying injury or disease that treatment will cure. Begin chronic pain assessment with the history and physical examination. Important components of the initial evaluation are summarized in Table 3 and are detailed below.

Benzodiazepine and opioids – a safety concern. Generally, do not initiate opioid therapy in patients routinely using benzodiazepine therapy. Both drugs are sedating and suppress breathing. Together they can cause a fatal overdose.

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Another option for opioid tolerant patients is buprenorphine, transdermal or buccal. Compared to full agonist therapy, buprenorphine has pelo ceiling on respiratory depression, generally provides good analgesia, gives consistent serum plasma levels, and does not lead to hyperalgesia or tolerance with the same frequency.

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Thyroid eye disease – this affects some people who have an overactive thyroid due to Graves’ disease. More rarely, it can occur in patients with hypothyroidism or even normal thyroid function.

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All opioids are essentially similar regarding effects and adverse effects. True allergy to any of them is very rare. Morphine and codeine may be slightly less well tolerated, but can be used unless adverse effects become intolerable or a medical contraindication is present.

Some evidence shows that patients with complex persistent dependence may tolerate transition to buprenorphine better than a tapering down of the opioid dose. When complex persistent dependence is suspected, a more clinically useful approach may be to transition to buprenorphine and then taper down the dose.

Advise patients to avoid alcohol while using an opioid. For patients who are pregnant or may become pregnant, discuss the risk of neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Pain beliefs and responses to pain may have a positive or negative effect on treatment outcomes. For patients who exhibit negative affect, pain catastrophizing, or other negative pain-specific constructs, consider evaluation by pain psychology. The Chronic Pain Assessment Questionnaire (Appendix A3) evaluates a patient’s level of acceptance of their pain, with higher acceptance levels correlating with more successful response to chronic pain management.

Urine drug testing. Obtain a urine drug screen (UDS) for Sleeping Aid all patients on chronic opioid therapy at least once per year, and any time there is a concern for inappropriate use, use of other substances, or diversion.99

The feeling of pain and the emotional, physical, and social impact of pain are interrelated, but can be separated for treatment purposes. Therefore, problems with functioning related to pain can be addressed even if pain is not targeted directly and remains unchanged.

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