Chemotherapy-Induced Pain
Airing Pain 123: Opioids and Chronic Pain
July 07 , 2020
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Rethinking long-term pain management
This edition of Airing Pain has been supported with a grant from Kyowa Kirin donated for this purpose.
The opioid crisis reached its peak in the United States in 2017, where addiction and overprescription have led to 218,000 deaths from prescription overdoses between the years of 1999 and 2017. The ...
Airing Pain 116: Neuropathic Pain 2 of 2: Latest research
August 06 , 2019
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Half a century worth of research exists on neuropathic pain but what are the latest developments?
This edition of Airing Pain is facilitated by the neuropathic pain special interest group (NeuPSIG) of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).
With the previous edition of Airing Pain focusing ...
Airing Pain 110: Living with Cancer Pain
February 05 , 2019
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Living with a diagnosis, what palliative care entails, and non-pharmacological treatments
This edition is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust.
According to Cancer Research UK, 50% of all people in England and Wales diagnosed with cancer survive their disease for ten years or more. This edition of Airing Pain ...
Airing Pain 101: Persistent Post-Operative Pain in Cancer Survivors
April 03 , 2018
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How cancer survivors can experience post-operative pain, and confronting the national issue of post-cancer treatment
This edition is funded by The Agnes Hunter Trust.
An ever-increasing cancer survivor rate means chronic pain associated with the condition and its treatment is growing. In the UK alone, cancer survivor rates have ...
Airing Pain 96: The British Pain Society at 50
November 14 , 2017
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In honour of the British Pain Society reaching a 50-year milestone, current BPS president Dr Andrew Baranowski, founding member Professor Sir Michael Bond, and Pain Concern’s chair Heather Wallace were invited to discuss a wide variety of topics relating to the understanding of pain
This programme was funded ...
Airing Pain 84: Cancer pain
July 11 , 2016
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How cancer survivors can manage long term pain and creating a home from home at the hospital
This edition is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust.
More people than ever before survive cancer, but the disease and treatment can have long-lasting effects on health, including chronic pain. In this ...
Airing Pain 19: Family Therapy
November 03 , 2011
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How pain affects family members and how family therapy can help
This programme was funded by a grant from the Big Lottery Fund, Awards for All (Scotland).
Pain can sometimes seem like an ‘uninvited guest’ or ‘intruder’ into family life. In this programme we look at the strain pain ...
Airing Pain 2: Nerve Pain and How to Manage it
October 12 , 2010
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How problems with the nervous system can give rise to chronic pain, a personal success story of pain management and a Q&A with pain specialist Dr Mark Turtle
Elizabeth Carrigan of the Australian Pain Management Association talks about how pain management techniques helped her come to terms with ...