Pain Insights

'Chronic pain is a leading source of human suffering and disability.' 1

One in five Europeans suffers with chronic pain.2 Despite multiple calls to action, pain management remains woefully inadequate, with many sufferers being impacted by psychological and social factors, leading to decreased quality of life.3

To offer patients more effective pain management at an early stage, a deeper knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of pain, different pharmacological principles and further options is of the highest importance to effectively tailor treatment for the individual. Our goal is to increase pain awareness among healthcare professionals, and to provide easy access to the most relevant information across a range of pain topics.

Pain Conditions

Many chronic conditions are challenging to manage. Here we focus on key pain conditions with a high unmet need among patients and/or healthcare professionals.

Our aim here is to provide the pain community with in-depth information about these conditions; from disease understanding to management approaches.

Gain in-depth knowledge on ten key pain conditions with high unmet needs:

• [Chronic low back pain](/content/science/pain-insights/chronic-low-back-pain "Link to Chronic low back pain"/index.html)

• [Chronic post-surgical pain](/content/science/pain-insights/chronic-post-surgical-pain "Link to Chronic post-surgical pain"/index.html)

• [Complex regional pain syndrome](/content/science/pain-insights/complex-regional-pain "Link to Complex regional pain syndrome"/index.html)

• [Fibromyalgia](/content/science/pain-insights/fibromyalgia "Link to Fibromyalgia"/index.html)

• [Cluster headache](/content/science/pain-insights/cluster-headache "Link to Cluster headache"/index.html)

• [Osteoarthritis](/content/science/pain-insights/osteoarthritis "Link to Osteoarthritis"/index.html)

• [Peripheral neuropathic pain](/content/science/pain-insights/peripheral-neuropathic-pain "Link to Peripheral neuropathic pain"/index.html)

• [Migraine](/content/science/pain-insights/migraine "Link to Migraine"/index.html)

• [Neuropathic back pain](/content/science/pain-insights/neuropathic-low-back-pain "Link to Neuropathic back pain"/index.html)

• [Cancer-related neuropathic pain](/content/science/pain-insights/cancer-related-neuropathic-pain "Link to Cancer-related neuropathic pain"/index.html)

References

1. Treede RD, Rief W, Barke A, et al. Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: The IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Pain 2019; 160: 19–27.

2. Breivik H et al. Eur J Pain. 2006;10(4):287–333.

3. Raffaeli W & Arnaudo E. J Pain Res. 2017;10:2003–8.