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Dr Gerald M Sacks Treats Acute and Long-Standing Pain Problems as Anesthesiologist

As an anesthesiologist, Dr Gerald M Sacks provides pain relief during and after an operation, and treats acute and long-standing pain problems.

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Dr Gerald M Sacks Treats Acute and Long-Standing Pain Problems as Anesthesiologist

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  1. Dr Gerald M Sacks Treats Acute and Long- Standing Pain Problems as Anesthesiologist Dr Gerald M Sacks, the Director of Pain Management at the Pain Institute of Santa Monica, completed a fellowship in pain management at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. His research interests include neuropathic pain, psychosocial issues as related to pain perception, and musculoskeletal, mechanical perception. Affiliated with Olympia Medical Center, Dr Sacks explains the medications used to treat opioid-induced constipation. According peripherally acting µ-opioid receptor antagonist, is used to treat OIC. It can be an effective treatment for opioid-induced constipation. Although it is an appropriate choice for some patients, it can also be an appropriate choice for patients who are taking medications that are metabolized through the same cytochrome P450 metabolic steps in the liver. Dr. Sacks has lectured nationally and internationally on pain management, and has served as an invited speaker at many CME and grand round presentations aspects of pain to him, Naloxegol, a

  2. throughout the United States. He concludes that everyone should be comfortable discussing the adverse effects of any medications prescribed. He considers it his responsibility to discuss and treat any adverse effects that may be caused by medication prescribed by him. As an anesthesiologist, Dr Gerald M Sacks provides pain relief during and after an operation, and treats acute and long-standing pain problems. Addressing the issues of opioid dependency, he believes that patients continue to take these medications far beyond the period of which time their pain was occurring.

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