Understanding Chronic Pain

by Cochran, Robert T. Jr., M.d.

• ISBN13: 9781577363958
• ISBN10: 1577363957
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-13
• Publisher: Turner Pub Co

Summary

Chronic pain, whether in the form of headache, fibromyalgia, backache, neuralgia, endometriosis, or countless other states of painfulness, affects millions. If you are one of them, spending your days in incessant pain and your nights in sleepless, hopeless despondency, then this book is for you. Robert T. Cochran Jr., MD uses his more than thirty years of experience among victims of chronic pain and the discoveries that came from those encounters to speak to those who suffer from this disease. This expanded second edition now includes a glossary, index, and up-to-date pharmaceutical list. Book jacket.

Author Biography

A graduate of Vanderbilt University Medical School, Robert T. Cochran Jr., MD, completed his residency in internal medicine and neurology at the University of Texas and Duke University. In 1963, he established his private medical practice in Nashville, where he continues to work today. Dr. Cochran and his wife, Donna, reside in Nashville. They have three children and seven grandchildren. For additional information, go to Dr. Cochran's Web site, www.understandingpain.com

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Drugs Useful for Pain	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
Failure to Recover	p. 3
What is Chronic Pain?	p. 8
Identifiers and Risk Factors	p. 12
Mind-Soul Disease	p. 22
Drugs for Pain	p. 38
Memory	p. 52
Triavil	p. 62
The Painful Brain	p. 75
Sexual Abuse	p. 83
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy	p. 93
Kindling	p. 104
Substance Abuse	p. 110
Bipolarity	p. 118
Chronic Fatigue	p. 134
Migraine	p. 145
Neurogenic Inflammation	p. 159
Attention Deficit Disorder	p. 169
Summing Up	p. 180
Epilogue	p. 188
Glossary	p. 189
Index	p. 193
About the Author	p. 200
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