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Use of Medicare-subsidised treatment services among people prescribed opioids for chronic non-cancer pain Open

Ria E. Hopkins, Gabrielle Campbell, Louisa Degenhardt, Suzanne Nielsen, Milton Cohen , et al. · 2025

Objectives Australians receive healthcare services subsidised by the Medicare national health insurance scheme, including through the Chronic Disease Management Initiative supporting primary care management of chronic conditions. The use o…

Nociplastic pain: exploring the concept and ongoing discussions Open

John Quintner, Asaf Weisman, Milton Cohen · 2025

O049 Maintaining long-term functional optogenetic stimulation for OSA therapy in a rodent model Open

Fiona L Knapman, Milton Cohen, K Rail, A Turner, Rachel Swain , et al. · 2024

Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients are often sub-optimally treated due to poor tolerance and/or incomplete responses to established therapies. Our novel therapy sensitises upper airway muscles to light (optogenetics) and …

O002 A novel, optogenetics based therapy for obstructive sleep apnea Open

Fiona L Knapman, Milton Cohen, T Kulaga, Leszek Lisowski, Nigel H. Lovell , et al. · 2022

INTRODUCTION Many obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients are sub-optimally treated due to poor tolerance or incomplete response to established therapies. We propose a novel stimulation therapy that sensitises the dilator muscles to light a…

Clarifying “chronic primary musculoskeletal pain”? The waters remain murky Open

Milton Cohen · 2022

Commentary on : Fitzcharles M-A, Cohen SP, Clauw DJ, Littlejohn G, Usui C, Häuser W. Chronic primary musculoskeletal pain: a new concept of non-structural regional pain. PAIN Reports 2022;7:e1024. See also : Treede R-D. Chronic musculoskel…

On “A New Definition of Pain: Update and Implications for Physical Therapy Practice and Rehabilitation Science.” Sluka KA, George SZ. <i>Phys Ther.</i> 2021; https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzab019 Open

John Quintner, Milton Cohen · 2021

Pharmaceutical Opioid Use Patterns and Indicators of Extramedical Use and Harm in Adults With Chronic Noncancer Pain, 2012-2018 Open

Louisa Degenhardt, Phillip Hungerford, Suzanne Nielsen, Raimondo Bruno, Briony Larance , et al. · 2021

These findings suggest considerable fluidity in opioid use, extramedical behaviors, and opioid dependence among people with CNCP. This reinforces the need for reassessment of the effectiveness and safety of prescription opioid use over tim…

Classification algorithm for the International Classification of Diseases-11 chronic pain classification: development and results from a preliminary pilot evaluation Open

Beatrice Korwisi, Ginea Hay, Nadine Attal, Qasim Aziz, Mike Bennett , et al. · 2021

The International Classification of Diseases-11 ( ICD-11 ) chronic pain classification includes about 100 chronic pain diagnoses on different diagnostic levels. Each of these diagnoses requires specific operationalized diagnostic criteria …

Do We Mean to Ignore Meaning in Pain? Open

Simon van Rysewyk, Melanie Galbraith, John Quintner, Milton Cohen · 2021

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Risk factors for indicators of opioid-related harms amongst people living with chronic non-cancer pain: Findings from a 5-year prospective cohort study Open

Gabrielle Campbell, Firouzeh Noghrehchi, Suzanne Nielsen, Philip Clare, Raimondo Bruno , et al. · 2020

The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises Open

Srinivasa N. Raja, Daniel B. Carr, Milton Cohen, Nanna Brix Finnerup, Herta Flor , et al. · 2020

The current International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) definition of pain as “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage” was recommend…

Is it ethical to prescribe paracetamol for acute low back pain and osteoarthritis? Open

Richard O. Day, Milton Cohen, Matthew J. Coleshill, Narcyz Ghinea, Wendy Lipworth , et al. · 2019

Reply to Häuser et al. Open

Rolf‐Detlef Treede, Winfried Rief, Beatrice Korwisi, Serge Perrot, Milton Cohen , et al. · 2019

Treede, Rolf-Detlef; Rief, Winfried; Korwisi, Beatrice; Perrot, Serge; Cohen, Milton; Nicholas, Michael; Vlaeyen, Johan W. S.; Barke, Antonia Author Information

Pain Open

Milton Cohen, John Quintner, Simon van Rysewyk · 2019

A protocol for a discrete choice experiment: understanding patient medicine preferences for managing chronic non-cancer pain Open

Marian Shanahan, Briony Larance, Suzanne Nielsen, Milton Cohen, Maria Schaffer , et al. · 2019

Introduction High rates of chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP), concerns about adverse effects including dependence among those prescribed potent pain medicines, the recent evidence supporting active rather than passive management strategies an…

Antidepressant Use Among People Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain Open

Natasa Gisev, Suzanne Nielsen, Gabrielle Campbell, Thomas Santo, Andrea Mant , et al. · 2019

Objective Although depression and chronic pain often coexist, few studies have examined antidepressant use among people with pain. This study examines the prevalence and characteristics associated with antidepressant use among people presc…

Does 'pain' need redefining? Open

Simon van Rysewyk, John Quintner, Milton Cohen · 2019

The widely accepted definition of pain written by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) is clinically useful, but is based on the perspective of the “observer”. A fuller understanding of the pain experience and of the …

Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) Open

Rolf‐Detlef Treede, Winfried Rief, Antonia Barke, Qasim Aziz, Mike Bennett , et al. · 2018

Chronic pain is a major source of suffering. It interferes with daily functioning and often is accompanied by distress. Yet, in the International Classification of Diseases , chronic pain diagnoses are not represented systematically. The l…

The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic neuropathic pain Open

Joachim Scholz, Nanna Brix Finnerup, Nadine Attal, Qasim Aziz, Ralf Baron , et al. · 2018

The upcoming 11th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) of the World Health Organization (WHO) offers a unique opportunity to improve the representation of painful disorders.…

The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic primary pain Open

Michael K. Nicholas, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen, Winfried Rief, Antonia Barke, Qasim Aziz , et al. · 2018

This article describes a proposal for the new diagnosis of chronic primary pain (CPP) in ICD-11 . Chronic primary pain is chosen when pain has persisted for more than 3 months and is associated with significant emotional distress and/or fu…

Effect of cannabis use in people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids: findings from a 4-year prospective cohort study Open

Gabrielle Campbell, Wayne Hall, Amy Peacock, Nicholas Lintzeris, Raimondo Bruno , et al. · 2018

Reconsidering the International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain Open

Milton Cohen, John Quintner, Simon van Rysewyk · 2018

Introduction: The definition of pain promulgated by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) is widely accepted as a pragmatic characterisation of that human experience. Although the Notes that accompany it characterise p…

Defined daily doses (DDD) do not accurately reflect opioid doses used in contemporary chronic pain treatment Open

Suzanne Nielsen, Natasa Gisev, Raimondo Bruno, Wayne Hall, Milton Cohen , et al. · 2017

Objective To assess how well the defined daily dose (DDD) metric reflects opioid utilisation among chronic non‐cancer pain patients. Design Descriptive, cross‐sectional study, utilising a 7‐day medication diary. Setting Community‐based tre…

Health service utilisation by people living with chronic non-cancer pain: findings from the Pain and Opioids IN Treatment (POINT) study Open

Suzanne Nielsen, Gabrielle Campbell, Amy Peacock, Kimberly Smith, Raimondo Bruno , et al. · 2015

Objective The aims of the present study were to describe the use, and barriers to the use, of non-medication pain therapies and to identify the demographic and clinical correlates of different non-opioid pain treatments. Methods The study …

The use of paracetamol (acetaminophen) among a community sample of people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids Open

Bianca Hoban, Briony Larance, Natasa Gisev, Suzanne Nielsen, Milton Cohen , et al. · 2015

The majority of people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids report using paracetamol appropriately. High income, use of paracetamol/opioid combination analgesics and higher opioid dose were independently associated with paraceta…

Factors associated with the development of depression in chronic non-cancer pain patients following the onset of opioid treatment for pain Open

Kimberley Smith, Richard P. Mattick, Raimondo Bruno, Suzanne Nielsen, Milton Cohen , et al. · 2015

Pharmaceutical Opioid Use and Dependence among People Living with Chronic Pain: Associations Observed within the Pain and Opioids in Treatment (POINT) Cohort Open

Gabrielle Campbell, Suzanne Nielsen, Briony Larance, Raimondo Bruno, Richard P. Mattick , et al. · 2015

In this population of people taking opioids for CNCP, consumption of higher doses was associated with increased risk of problematic behaviors, and was more likely among people with a complex profile of physical and mental health problems.

A classification of chronic pain for ICD-11 Open

Rolf‐Detlef Treede, Winfried Rief, Antonia Barke, Qasim Aziz, Mike Bennett , et al. · 2015

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4450869/

Myofascial Trigger Points in Patients with Whiplash-Associated Disorders and Mechanical Neck Pain Open

John Quintner, Milton Cohen · 2015

Dear Editor, By asserting that myofascial trigger points (MTPs) are foci of deep tissue nociception (i.e., muscle damage), Castaldo et al. ⇓ have assumed the validity of that which still remains to be proved. That others ⇓ have speculated…

Comment on: A critical evaluation of the trigger point phenomenon: reply Open

John Quintner, Geoffrey M. Bove, Milton Cohen · 2015

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