Current considerations for the management of musculoskeletal pain in Asian countries: A special focus on cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and non-steroid anti-inflammation drugs

• Main Authors: Chaudakshetrin Pongparadee, Ester Penserga, David Jeng Shiang Lee, Shun le Chen, Ranjit Singh Gill, Abdulbar Hamid, Witsanu Kumthornthip, Yi Liu, Lucus Meliala, H. Jusuf Misbach, Kian Hian Tan, Swan Sim Yeap, Sow Nam Yeo, Hsiao Yi Lin
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Review
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/14720

Chronic pain is a complex problem that eludes precise definition and can be clinically difficult to diagnose and challenging to treat. In the Asia-Pacific region, prevalence estimates that chronic pain ranges from 12% to 45% of the population, with musculoskeletal, rheumatic or osteoarthritis pain m...