Pain Management References
Many resources and references are available for pain management practice and related drug testing. Below are some recent open-access articles. We recommend these as initial guides to learn more about this field. This is not a comprehensive list of resources, and the opinions and statements of the authors do not necessarily reflect those of ARUP Laboratories or the University of Utah.
Urine Drug Testing
- Urine drug testing in chronic pain.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21412368 - Importance of urine drug testing in the treatment of chronic noncancer pain: implications of recent medicare policy changes in Kentucky.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20309383
Analytical Methods for Urine Drug Testing in Pain Management
- Protocol for accuracy of point of care (POC) or in-office urine drug testing (immunoassay) in chronic pain patients: a prospective analysis of immunoassay and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20119473 - Comparative evaluation of the accuracy of immunoassay with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) of urine drug testing (UDT) opioids and illicit drugs in chronic pain patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21412372 - Comparative evaluation of the accuracy of benzodiazepine testing in chronic pain patients utilizing immunoassay with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) of urine drug testing.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21587329
Practice Issues in Pain Management
- 2009 Clinical guidelines from the American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine on the use of chronic opioid therapy in chronic noncancer pain: what are the key messages for clinical practice?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19776687 - Opioids in the management of chronic non-cancer pain: an update of American Society of the Interventional Pain Physicians' (ASIPP) Guidelines.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18443640 - Healthcare costs and nonadherence among chronic opioid users.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21348566 - Illicit drug use in the pain patient population decreases with continued drug testing.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21412373 - A primary care, multi-disciplinary disease management program for opioid-treated patients with chronic non-cancer pain and a high burden of psychiatric comorbidity.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15649331 - Urine drug testing in the treatment of chronic noncancer pain in a Kentucky private neuroscience practice: the potential effect of Medicare benefit changes in Kentucky.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20309384 - Opioid Drugs and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS)
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm163647.htm - Opioid Prescribing: Clinical Tools and Risk Management Strategies
http://www.state.mn.us/mn/externalDocs/BMP/New_Article_on_Pain_Management_020110034248_monograph_dec_07_final.pdf
Publications by ARUP
- Selected Pain Management Articles Go to PubMed list