PAINWeek 2007 hosts 700 attendees

Nearly a dozen national medical associations devoted to the practice of pain management are set together for PAINWeek 2007, the first conference of its kind, beginning Thursday, September 6, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The four-day conference provides a unique environment for the participating organizations to share their expertise with frontline healthcare practitioners.

The four-day conference offers the following course concentrations: Practicum in Pain Management, Pain Educators Forum, Fundamentals in Pain Management, and Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT), along with Behavioral and Electroanalgesia Tracks. Fundamentals in Pain Management have been developed specifically to help clinicians from California and Oregon meet their state mandates for pain management and end-of-life continuing medical education. The variety of session offerings allows practitioners to customize a curriculum relevant to their practice needs.

Programs will be presented in the areas of osteoarthritis fibromyalgia, breakthrough pain, NSAID-induced gastrointestinal toxicity, menstrual-associated migraines, and cultural differences. on neuroscience and pain, is the designated managementcompany for PAINWeek.

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