The problem of pain in women -- The art and science of pain assessment -- Non-opioid medications -- Opioid medications -- Co-analgesic medications -- Complementary and alternative (CAM) techniques for managing pain -- Acute pain : PCA and epidural analgesia -- Regional techniques -- Implanted techniques -- Labor and delivery pain management options -- Effect of opioid polymorphisms -- Differences in opioid addiction, dependency, and tolerance -- Developing a comprehensive treatment plan -- Headaches and menstrually related migraines -- Fibromyalgia -- Neuropathic pain conditions and postmastectomy and phantom breast pain -- Chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, vulvodynia, and dyspareunia -- Interstitial cystitis -- Irritable bowel syndrome -- Temporomandibular pain (TMJ) -- STDs herpes, chlamydia, HIV/AIDS -- Women's athletic pain conditions, runner's knee -- The obese woman and pain.
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