Edited by
Joseph F. Audette
Allison Bailey

2008

The Science and Practice of Complementary
and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management

The field of Pain Medicine has evolved over the last 20 years to include an increasing array of sophisticated and technologically complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Concurrent to this advancement has been the development of a battery of pharmacological options to treat pain, from extended-release formulations of analgesics to antidepressants and anticonvulsants designed to treat specific types of pain syndromes.