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Published in: Pain and Therapy 2/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Editorial

Change Pain: Ever Evolving—An Update for 2016

Authors: Joseph V. Pergolizzi, Antonella Paladini, Giustino Varrassi, Robert B. Raffa

Published in: Pain and Therapy | Issue 2/2016

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Abstract

Since 1986, the pharmacological management of pain was mainly based on the WHO “analgesic ladder”, with very few drugs available. The huge development of the basic knowledge on pain and its therapy, especially in the past 15 years, has made the “guidelines” of WHO obsolete. That’s why, during the presidency of EFIC of one of the authors (GV), an international advisory board was proposed to review the document, but mainly to ameliorate the approach to the pain patients.
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Metadata
Title
Change Pain: Ever Evolving—An Update for 2016
Authors
Joseph V. Pergolizzi
Antonella Paladini
Giustino Varrassi
Robert B. Raffa
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer Healthcare
Published in
Pain and Therapy / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 2193-8237
Electronic ISSN: 2193-651X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40122-016-0058-x

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