Pain management considerations in patients living with both pain syndromes and cardiovascular diseases and disorders

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Concomitant pain syndromes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and disorders are associated with significant morbidity, impaired quality of life, and neuropsychiatric disorders. There is an interplay between the mechanisms of pathophysiology of both CVD and pain syndromes. Patients with CVD (and/or disorders) as well as pain syndromes have an increased propensity for drug-drug/disease interactions. Therefore, an understanding of how to use pharmacotherapy to treat pain syndromes, in the context of patients who have diagnoses of CVD and/or disorders, is paramount to patients' success in achieving adequate pain control and appropriately managing CVD and/or disorders, all while decreasing the risk of adverse events (AEs) both from pharmacotherapy to treat pain and CVD (and/or disorders). Based on the appraisal of literature and authors' clinical expertise, it was determined that gabapentinoids, opioids, skeletal muscle relaxants, tricyclic antidepressants, clonidine, serotonin norepinephrine-reuptake inhibitors, dronabinol, carbamazepine, second-generation antipsychotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin, corticosteroids, and topical anesthetics have the most evidence for use in patients with CVD and/or disorders. However, the literature surrounding the use of pharmacotherapy for pain management is limited to retrospective studies and there is a lack of well-designed, prospective, randomized trials; this also includes head-to-head comparator studies. Unlike many CVD-related pharmacotherapy studies, data studying pain management in patients with CVD lacks standardized outcomes that are consistent among the pool of data. Overall, the decision to prescribe specific pain management therapies in patients with CVD and/or disorders should include assessment of pain severity, type of pain, drug-drug/disease interactions, adjuvant therapies required, and the risk or presence of AEs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Pharmacotherapy - 44(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 184-196

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Leppien, Emily E [VerfasserIn]
Pauling, Erin E [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Wisniewski, Brady [VerfasserIn]
Carpenter, Abigayle [VerfasserIn]
Schwier, Nicholas C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardiovascular diseases drug-related side effects and adverse reactions
Drug therapy
Journal Article
Pain
Review
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

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Date Completed 19.02.2024

Date Revised 19.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/phar.2897

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365401579