The management of chronic pain in rheumatic diseases

Abstract

Rheumatic diseases are a group of pathologies that usually affect the joints or adjacent anatomical structures or functionally related such as bones, muscles, tendons, bursa, fascia, ligaments, and whose main symptom is the pain. Optimal pain control is a prerequisite for successful therapy of many rheumatic diseases. Many patients may present many diffi culties in terms of pain relief and therefore must be addressed at an appropriate pain treatment center.

Keywords

• Rheumatic diseases
• pain
• drugs
• NSAIDs
• opioids
• adjuvants