
Specialty: The prevalence of neck pain disorders is increasing world-wide with
approximately 10 percent of adult affected with neck pain. The treatment of neck
pain depends on its precise cause and includes rest, heat/ice application,
traction, soft collar traction, physical therapy, transcutaneous electric nerve
stimulation, surgical procedures and pharmacotherapy. The current
pharmacological agents that are used in management of neck pain include non
steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, centrally acting analgesia, acetaminophen,
muscle relaxants, topical painkillers and/or topical anaesthesia, local steroids
and/or local anaesthetics injections and antimicrobials. This book focuses on
the concepts of pharmacotherapy of neck pain disorders in respect to the cause
of neck pain, the nature of pain, the mechanism of drug action, the practice of
local injections with radiologist intervention, as well as the quality of life
and the long term harmful effects including medicines abused.