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Adding to his accomplishments, Dr Gerald Sacks has lectured nationally and internationally on pain management, and has served as an invited speaker at many CME and grand round presentations throughout the United States.
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Dr Gerald Sacks Served as an Invited Speaker at Many CME and Grand Round Presentations Throughout the United States Dr Gerald Sacks, a Board certified anesthesiologist in Santa Monica, received his medical degree from University of Massachusetts Medical School and has been in practice for 32 years. He is specialized in Pain Management, hospice & palliative medicine, and perioperative medicine. Adding to his accomplishments, Dr Sacks has lectured nationally and internationally on pain management, and has served as an invited speaker at many CME and grand round presentations throughout the United States. His research interests include neuropathic pain, psychosocial issues as they relate to pain perception and musculoskeletal, mechanical aspects of pain perception. Being an anesthesiologist, Dr Gerald Sacks provides pain relief during and after an operation, and treats acute and long-standing pain problems. Explaining the medication used to treat opioid- induced constipation, Naloxegol, a peripherally acting µ-opioid receptor antagonist, is used to treat OIC. It can be an effective treatment for opioid-induced
constipation. It can be an appropriate choice for patients who are taking medications that are metabolized through the same cytochrome P450 metabolic steps in the liver. . He considers it his responsibility to discuss and treat any adverse effects that may be caused by medication prescribed by him. Addressing the issues of opioid dependency, Dr Gerald Sacks believes that patients continue to take these medications far beyond the period of which time their pain was occurring.