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Valérie Piguet (vp-piguet)
Clinical Pharmacology, Geneva University Hospital
 
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Attended Medicine 2.0'09 (Toronto, Canada)
Thursday, September 17, 2009 to Friday, September 18, 2009
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Attended Medicine 2.0'10 (Maastricht, NL)
Monday, November 29, 2010 to Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Is registered to attend Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA)
Saturday, September 15, 2012 to Sunday, September 16, 2012
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Accepted Abstracts

Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA)

An Interactive Pedagogical Course Facilitating Access to Information on Analgesics and Exchanges between Chronic Pain Patients
Valérie Piguet*, Gaelle Molinari, Christophe Luthy, Sarah Kupferschmid, Maria Caiata-zufferey, Anne-francoise Allaz, Christine Cedraschi

Despite advances in multidisciplinary chronic pain management in which prescription of analgesics is a cornerstone, a significant percentage of chronic pain patients (CPPs) are not relieved. Analgesics are largely contributing to this poor outcome with half of CPPs reporting medication misuse (underuse rather than overuse). The fear of somatic or psychic adverse effects, of tolerance and addiction are the most often cited reasons for reducing or stopping medication. First considered as a devi...

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