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Laxmaiah Manchikanti
Researcher at University of Louisville
Publications - 535
Citations - 32876
Laxmaiah Manchikanti is an academic researcher from University of Louisville. The author has contributed to research in topics: Interventional pain management & Chronic pain. The author has an hindex of 91, co-authored 515 publications receiving 29973 citations. Previous affiliations of Laxmaiah Manchikanti include Louisiana State University & LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans.
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Opioid Epidemic in the United States
Laxmaiah Manchikanti,Standiford Helm,Bert Fellows,Jeffrey W. Janata,Vidyasagar Pampati,Jay S. Grider,Mark V. Boswell +6 more
TL;DR: The obstacles that must be surmounted are primarily inappropriate prescribing patterns, which are largely based on a lack of knowledge, perceived safety, and inaccurate belief of undertreatment of pain.
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Epidemiology of low back pain.
TL;DR: This review will discuss the epidemiology of low back pain, with emphasis on frequency, causes, and consequences ofLow back pain; the influence of age, gender, morphologic characteristics, and genetics; and the Influence of occupational, mechanical, social, habitual, and psychological factors.
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A comprehensive review of opioid-induced hyperalgesia.
TL;DR: Clinicians should suspect OIH when opioid treatment's effect seems to wane in the absence of disease progression, particularly if found in the context of unexplained pain reports or diffuse allodynia unassociated with the original pain, and increased levels of pain with increasing dosages.
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Comprehensive review of epidemiology, scope, and impact of spinal pain.
TL;DR: This section of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)/Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) guidelines evaluates the epidemiology, scope, and impact of spinal pain and its relevance to health care interventions.
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Therapeutic opioids: a ten-year perspective on the complexities and complications of the escalating use, abuse, and nonmedical use of opioids.
TL;DR: Therapeutic opioid use has increased substantially, specifically of Schedule II drugs, and patients on long-term opioid use have been shown to increase the overall cost of healthcare, disability, rates of surgery, and late opioid use.