Pain Research and Management (Jan 2007)

Pain Due to Multiple Sclerosis: Analysis of the Prevalence and Economic Burden in Canada

  • Charles Piwko,
  • Olivier B Desjardins,
  • Basil G Bereza,
  • Marcio Machado,
  • Barbara Jaszewski,
  • Mark S Freedman,
  • Thomas R Einarson,
  • Michael Iskedjian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/128681
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 4
pp. 259 – 265

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease affecting approximately 50,000 Canadians. Although studies have described overall MS costs, none have focused specifically on MS-related pain.