American Journal of Internal Medicine

Special Issue

Neuropathic Pain

  • Submission Deadline: Nov. 30, 2014
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Arm Saifuddin Ekram
About This Special Issue
Neuropathic pain remains a mounting public health concern worldwide. Tremendous changes have affected the practice of pain management, particularly therapeutic advances. A better understanding of the pathophysiology of chronic neuropathic pain conditions, and critically review novel state-of-the-art interventional and noninterventional techniques in diagnosis and management of chronic pain is necessary.

Objectives of the special issue
1. Discuss current evidence-based management strategies for treating neuropathic pain
2. Present an in-depth update and analysis of management strategies for neuropathic pain
3. Consider management updates in selected conditions e.g. diabetic neuropathic pain, post-herpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathic pain in cancer, HIV/AIDS related neuropathic pain, post-stroke pain and chronic regional pain syndrome.
4. Discuss drugs used in neuropathic pain: How strong is the evidence?
5. Discuss neuropathic pain management in children, women and in older adults
6. Describe how to manage risks associated with pain management including abuse, addiction, and risks to both patients and caregivers
7. Describe topical therapies in the management of chronic pain: How strong is the evidence?
8. Consider complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in neuropathy: How strong is the evidence?
9. Describe new and novel approaches for neurostimulation including high-frequency stimulation, adaptive stimulation, burst stimulation, electric peripheral nerve stimulation, and block
10. Address psychological issues associated with neuropathic pain.

General content expected
1. Neuropathic pain: an overview
2. Update on management strategies of neuropathic pain
3. Management updates in selected conditions e.g.
  a.Diabetic neuropathic pain
  b.Post-herpetic neuralgia
  c.Trigeminal neuralgia
  d.Neuropathic pain in cancer
  e.HIV/AIDS related neuropathic pain
  f.Post-stroke pain
  g.Chronic regional pain syndrome.
4. Drugs used in neuropathic pain: How strong is the evidence?
5. Neuropathic pain management in children, women and in older adults
6. Management of risks associated with treatment of neuropathic pain including abuse, addiction, and risks to both patients and caregivers
7. Topical therapies in the management of chronic pain: How strong is the evidence?
8. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in neuropathy: How strong is the evidence?
9. New and novel approaches for neurostimulation including high-frequency stimulation, adaptive stimulation, burst stimulation, electric peripheral nerve stimulation, and block
10. Psychological issues associated with neuropathic pain.
Lead Guest Editor
  • Arm Saifuddin Ekram

    Department of Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Published Articles
  • Tapentadol for the Management of Neuropathic Pain from Oxaliplatin Chemotherapy: A Case Report

    Mugabure Bujedo Borja

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 1-4
    Received: Oct. 18, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 12, 2014
    Published: Jan. 07, 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajim.s.2014020601.11
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    Abstract: Chronic pain is one of the most important health problems from the XXI century due to its often challenging to address appropriately. Opioids are broad-spectrum analgesics that may be beneficial to alleviate the intense perception of analgesia in patients suffering with pain. They have been one of the most controversial analgesics, in part because ... Show More