TY  - JOUR
T1  - NIh program probes neurological basis of chronic pain, complementary therapies
AU  - Kuehn BM
Y1  - 2012/09/05
N1  - 10.1001/2012.jama.10461
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 852
EP  - 852
VL  - 308
IS  - 9
N2  - 
Chronic pain affects more than 100 million US individuals, according to the Institute of Medicine, but it has proven difficult to treat. Some therapies, such as opioid medications, work only for a subset of patients and have problematic adverse effects. Many patients with chronic pain turn to complementary therapies for relief, but not enough is known about the potential of these interventions to modulate chronic pain. To fill this knowledge gap, Bushnell will lead a multi-institute effort, based at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), to probe the pain-modulating potential of nondrug interventions such as meditation and yoga.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/2012.jama.10461
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.10461
ER  -