{"id":537,"date":"2016-07-11T10:37:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T10:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/?page_id=537"},"modified":"2016-07-08T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T10:58:55","slug":"5-trends-in-pain-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/lists\/5-trends-in-pain-management\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Trends in Pain Management"},"content":{"rendered":"
Doctors working in various fields within the health care industry keep an eye on the top trends in pain management as a way to keep up with the field. Looking closely at those trends helps them decide what their patients want and also allows them to learn about new procedures that may become mainstream in the coming years. As a med student or a working doctor or nurse, you may want to look into those trends too.<\/p>\n
One of the newest trends in pain management is the use of an implant. Doctors previously used a type of pump that allowed a patient to increase and decrease his or her pain medication based on the level of pain. The problem with a medication pump is that it is often expensive. Many health insurers will not cover the cost of the procedure or the cost of refilling the pump. Most insurers will cover the surgical implant because it does not require any expensive refills later.<\/p>\n
Though some doctors encourage patients to use holistic or natural ways to cope with their pain, one of the growing trends in pain management is among doctors who believe in using prescription medications first. Those doctors provide patients with painkillers for everything from a toothache or a minor back ache to a broken bone or sciatic pain. Some states recently cut down on doctors who wrote frequent prescriptions as a way to battle back against the growing number of people addicted to prescription drugs.<\/p>\n