pain in the older patient 20.6.05
DESCRIPTION
Pain In The Older Patient Presented to the Care of the Elderly department, St Marys Hospital, London.20th June 2005TRANSCRIPT
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Pain in the Older Patient.
Dr. Christopher A. JennerConsultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, SMH
20th June 2005
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Agenda
• Definition
• Physiology
• Acute
• Chronic
• Neuropathic
• Differences
• NSAID/ COX 2 controversy
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Definitions
• Pain. ‘An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience which we primarily associate with tissue damage or describe in terms of tissue damage, or both.’ (IASP 2001)
• Time-course: acute/ chronic
• Type: nociceptive/ neuropathic
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Pain Physiology (boring)
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Pain Physiology (funky)
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Prevalence
• Acute pain • SMH 13,213 operations p.a. (Nov 03-04, DSU 41%)
• SMH 484 operations p.m. (Sep 04, Main, 15% PCA/ epi)
• Chronic pain
• 7-14% UK population
• ‘1 in 7’ figure
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The Challenges of Acute Pain
• Primary Care
• ↑ healthcare utilisation
• Secondary Care
• ↑ length stay/ complications • 10-15% post-op chronic pain (Macrae)
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The Challenges of Chronic Pain
• Bio-psycho-social model
• Individual and societal costs
• Biological- pain/ suffering/ disability
• Psychological- anxiety/ depression
• Social- work/ relationship/ family/ benefits
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Acute Pain Management
• Non-pharmacological • RICE
• Pharmacological • WHO ladder (amended from cancer)
Step 1 paracetamol/ NSAID/ COX 2
Step 2 + weak opioids
Step 3 + strong opioids
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Massive Financial Burden
• NHS/ DWP/ tax-payers
• Lower back pain (CSAG 1994)
• NHS £481 million
• The Exchequer £1.4 billion
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Chronic Pain Management
• Non-pharmacological • Physical- heat/ cold/ TENS/ hydro/ supports/ US/ IR
• Manipulation- PxTx/ chiropracter/ osteopathy/ deep tissue massage
• Alternative- acupuncture
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Headache!
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5. (a) Veterinary practitioners?
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Chronic Pain Management
• Nerve block techniques: epidurals
facets
tenoperiostial
ON
SSN
Occipital N
Ilioinguinal
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Chronic Pain Management
• Nerve stimulation- spinal cord stimulation
peripheral nerve stimulation
• Pumps-
Intrathecal pump delivery systems
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Chronic Pain Management
• Pharmacological
• WHO analgesic ladder (abridged)
• + tramadol • + opioids- buprenorphine TDD/ oxycontin/ fentanyl TDD
• (New: sufentanyl TDD/ product X)
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Neuropathic Pain Management
• Non-pharmacological •Nerve blockade- lumbar sympathectomy/ stellate/
guanethidine
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Neuropathic Pain Management
• Antidepressants- Amitryptilline
• Anticonvulsants- Gabapentin/ Pregabalin/ Carbamazepine/ Valproate
• Opiods• Local Anaesthetics- Lignocaine/ EMLA
• NMDA antagonists• Sympatholytics• GABA ergics• Capsaicin
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Future Agents in Neuropathic Pain
• Ziconotide (sea snail, conus magnus)
• P2X3- (purine) receptor antagonists (ATP) (knockout mice)
• Epibatidine (Equadorian poison dart frog)
• Morphine and ketamine
• Regular gabapentin
• Dexmetomidine
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Differences
• ‘Intense pain which interferes with functioning is not a normal part of ageing and should never be accepted as such.’ Textbook of Pain. Melzack and Wall 1984
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Physiological Differences
• ↑ pain threshold/ tolerance
• ↓ discrim. to suprathreshold noxious• CVS- ↑ ihd/ ↓ compliance/ ↓ CO/ ↓ bf organs/ HT/ DVT
• RS- ↑ close capacity/ ↓ response hypercapnia/ hypoxia/ ↑ atelectasis/ ↑ chest infections
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Physiological Differences
• Metabolic- ↓ BMR/ ↓ renal function/ ↓ rbf/ dehydration/ heat loss
• CNS- cerebrovascular disease/ confusion (hypoxia/ drugs/ hospital/ illness)/ ↓ hearing n memory
• ↑ systemic disease
• Biological age versus Chronological age
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Pharmacological Differences
• ↓ TBW so ↑ proportion body wt. fat
• ↑ sensitivity many drugs esp. CNS depressants
• ↓ plasma proteins- binding/ ↑ free unbound
• ↑ t ½ many drugs
• ↑ multiple drug treatments (Bdz n LBP patient)
• Start low, go slow!
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Psychological Differences
• Stoical
• Afraid of diagnosis
• Take me home/ kept in
• Not seen as capable
• Adverse effects• Concern over drugs- newspaper cuttings
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Clinical Differences
• Less reporting
• ↓ post-op
• undertreated
• MDT
• non-pharmacological
• Pain- the 5th vital sign!
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Clinical Differences
• Beware- no complaints/ pain on movement or resisting movement/ lying quietly/ ask, don’t assume/ pain scores/ friends and relatives/ prejudices
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The NSAID/ COX 2 controversy
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The NSAID/ COX 2 controversy
• COX 1/ 2/ 3
• Asthma/ GI/ renal/ platelets/ bone healing
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The NSAID/ COX 2 controversy
• VIGOR (Vioxx- Rofecoxib)- ↑ CVS/ change labelling
• APPROVE (Vioxx)- Colonic polyps/ 18/12 ↑ CVS ↑ stroke
• 23/12/04 FDA warning- celecoxib/ valdecoxib/ naproxen
• 7/4/04 FDA Pfizer Valdecoxib withdrawal/ celecoxib box warning
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The NSAID/ COX 2 controversy
• 4/05 FDA
‘ Long-term controlled clinical trials have not been conducted on most NSAIDs. However, available data suggests that use of COX 2 may increase cardiovascular risk. Difficult to draw conclusions about relative cardiovascular risk of COX 2 and NSAIDs with the data available.’
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The NSAID/ COX 2 controversy
• FDA- no rank for valdecoxib/ rofecoxib/ celecoxib
• BMJ 2005; 330; 1366 ↑ MI
NNH
ibuprofen 1005
rofecoxib 695
diclofenac 521
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The NSAID/ COX 2 controversy
• S/T L/T- risk- benefit
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The Future?
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The Future?
• Demographics
• Healthcare advances
• ↑ Patient expectations and involvement
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Summary
• Very common
• Time course- acute n chronic
• Nociceptive and neuropathic
• Differences
• Start low, go slow!
• NSAID/ COX2 controversy
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Any Questions