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Chronic pain places a tremendous burden on both the patient and the healthcare system.� The use of opioids to address pain has resulted in negative impacts. As practitioners work to undo the current opioid crisis, options to manage pain need a new approach. Advanced Therapeutics in Pain Medicine offers pioneering approaches to this intransigent problem providing a functional medicine approach toward treating pain. This book is dedicated to the advancement of non-opioid therapeutic options that offer real progress in reaching a future of better pain management. With an emphasis on pathophysiology, chapters review various types of pain and propose comprehensive treatment plans. These include manual therapies, novel pharmacologic and plant-based approaches, hormonal effects on pain pathways, as well as psychological and lifestyle interventions. Features ������� Written by a multi-discplinary team, the book provides clinicians with multiple non-opioid treatment considerations. ������� Enables practitioners to shift from a �one size fits all� treatment approach toward individualized patient care. ������� Includes case studies to help educate the provider on how to implement treatment plans in practice. Written by a team of physicians, pharmacists, psychologists and researchers, this important book offers a much needed step forward in optimizing pain care and benefits practitioners who care for patients experiencing chronic pain. �Typham this is the title: Advanced Therapeutics in Pain Medicine 1st Edition