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| Everyone experiences pain at some
time in their lives. However, it is a peculiarly subjective
sensation, which manifests itself in an almost infinite variety.
Paradoxically, while some sort of pain is experienced by everyone,
it is difficult to define and quantify. This makes effective
treatment a challenge. |
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| Thousands of people consult their
GPs each week because of acute and chronic musculoskeletal
pain, often precipitated by sport, leisure activities or manual
work. Menstrual pains, surgery and dentistry also generate
the need for short term analgesia in primary care. |
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- Profile of "pain" in the UK:
- • 7 million adults(15% of
population) report ill-health due to musculoskeletal problems
- • Approximately 9 million
patients attend GP surgeries each year for arthritis or
arthritis-related complaints
- • More than 2 million people
visit their GP each year due to osteoarthritis
- • Around 2.6 million people
visit their GP with back pain each year
- • Almost 90% of people with
arthritis or joint pain are not under the care of a rheumatologist
or orthopaedic surgeon
- • 55% of people with osteoarthritis
say the worst aspect is pain
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| Consequently, it is most appropriate
to manage pain, providing medications that can be tailored
and titrated to suit the severity of a patient's condition.
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| Genus Pharmaceuticals sells a product
with established efficacy in the management of pain including
musculoskeletal pain, osteoarthritis, menstrual pain and dental
pain, and another used for pain relief from non-serious arthritic
conditions, rheumatism and muscular pain |
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| Healthcare professionals requiring
more information about the Pain management medicines sold
by Genus, should go to the Products section of this web site.
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- For further information:
- Pain.com
- The
British Society for Rheumatology (BSR)
- The
Primary Care Rheumatology Society
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