Pain Management Articles

Articles, Memos and Commentaries

by Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH

Recent Articles:

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Pain Management (, 111KB)

Howard Hughes and Pseudoaddiction (, 572KB)

A 10 and 20 Year Follow-Up of Severe, Chronic Pain Patients Treated with Daily Opioids (, 90KB)

Appropriate Opioid Dosing for Activities of Daily Living (, 211KB)

The Actiq® and Fentora® Access Problem (, 182KB)

Brain Atrophy with Chronic Pain (, 138KB)

Past Articles:

Eye Screening and Intractable Pain Management, June, 2008.
Protecting Pain Physicians from Legal Challenges: Part 2, April, 2008.
Protecting Pain Physicians from Legal Challenges, Part 1, March, 2008.
Howard Hughes and Pseudoaddiction, July/August, 2007.
Viewpoint: The OxyContin Controversy , July/August, 2007.
Urine And Blood Tests, June, 2007.
Commentary from the Editor in Chief Emeritus (On the State of Washington Regulations), June, 2007.
Self-Protection Against "Off-Label" Lawsuits, May,2007.
Viewpoint (Issues Surrounding Methadone Prescribing), April,2007.
Editor's Memo (Neurogenesis, the Long-Term Goal for the Pain Patient), Nov/Dec, 2006.
Editor's Memo (Share the Risk / Share the Care), Oct, 2006.
Identification and Management of Cardiac-Adrenal-Pain Syndrome, Sept, 2006.
Editor's Memo (Documenting Pain with Cortisol and Pregnenolone Levels), Sept,2006.
Editor's Memo (Individualizing Treatment Plans), July/Aug, 2006.
Editor's Memo (Intrathecal Administration), May/June, 2006.
Editor's Memo (Opioid Dosage Affected by P450 Enzymes, Malabsorption), April, 2006.
Tennant Blood Study—Summary Report, March, 2006.
Editor's Memo (Controlling Pain to Stabilize Concomitant Psychiatric and Physical Ailments), March, 2006.
Tennant Blood Study — First Update, Jan/Feb, 2006.
Editor's Memo (Some New, Practical Scientifif Findings), Jan/Feb, 2006.
Tennant Blood Study: Preliminary Report, Nov/Dec, 2005.
Editor's Memo (Honesty with Patients Regarding Pain's Incurability), Nov/Dec, 2005.
Editor's Memo (Cardiovascular Consequences of Pain), Sept/Oct, 2005.
Editor's Memo (Generic Opioids - Listen to the Patient), July/Aug, 2005.
Editor's Memo (Don't Listen to “One-Wayers” Who Preach Only One Treatment), May/June, 2005.
Hormone Treatments in Chronic and Intractable Pain, April, 2005.
Editor's Memo (Blood Level Monitoring), April, 2005.
Editor's Memo, Diagnoses Is By Physical Examination, Not Pill Count, March, 2005.
Editor's Memo (Primary Care Physicians Prescription of Long Acting Opioids), Jan/Feb, 2005.
The IP Network: A Case for Intractable Pain Centers, Part II, Nov/Dec, 2004.
Editor's Memo (Use Care When Changing Pain Treatment), Nov/Dec, 2004.
Editor's Memo (Sample Misstatements Made to Pain Patients), Sept/Oct, 2004.
Editor's Memo (Self-administered Injectable Opioids), July/Aug, 2004.
From Research To Practical Application - Review of Testosterone Gel Treatment Study, July/Aug, 2004.
Pain, Sports, and Anabolic Steroids, May/June, 2004.
Editor's Memo ("Tough Pain Cases" and Training the Generalist Physician), Mar/Apr, 2004.
Complications of Uncontrolled, Persistent Pain, Jan/Feb, 2004.
Pain Treatment Does Not Interfere with Diagnosis or Treatment, Jan/Feb, 2004.
Pain Complications and Treatment, Nov/Dec, 2003.
Editor's Memo (Hypotestosteronemia in Pain Patients), Sept/Oct, 2003.
Editor's Memo (Classification of Chronic Pain), Jul/Aug, 2003.
Editor's Memo (Practitioners Need to be More Aggressive in Treating Pain), May/Jun, 2003.
Antidepressants in Pain Treatment, Jan/Feb, 2003.
Identifying Pain-Drug Abusers and Addicts, Nov/Dec, 2002.
Intractable Pain, May/Jun, 2002.

Normalization of Serum Cortisol Concentration With Opioid Treatment of Severe Chronic Pain, Jun, 2002.
Use of Transmucosal Fentanyl in Non-Malignant, Chronic Pain, Sep, 2001.
Evidence of a Clinical Neuroendocrine Syndrome in Severe Chronic Pain, Sep, 2001.
Serum Cortisol Concentrations and Adrenal Reserve May Be Altered by Severe Chronic Pain, Sep, 2001.

Opioid Serum Concentrations in Patients with Chronic Pain

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