Dr. Paul Christo, Author at Paul Christo MD

Epidural Interventions in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain

Back and Neck, Blog, Chronic Back Pain, Joint Pain, Pain Procedures, Print, Recent Posts, Top Pain Reliefs

Epidural Interventions in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines Background: Chronic spinal pain is the most prevalent chronic disease with employment of multiple modes...

Review of the Current State of Urine Drug Testing in Chronic Pain: Still Effective as a Clinical Tool and Curbing Abuse, or an Arcane Test?

Blog, Opioid Addiction, Recent Posts, Top Pain Reliefs

Regardless of experience or training background, physicians and healthcare providers can much more adequately assess opioid therapy with the aid of Urine Drug Testing, which often requires confirmatory testing by a laboratory for clinical and therapeutic prescribing...

Expert Perspective: The Opioid Crisis and COVID-19

Blog, In the News, Medications, Print, Recent Posts, Top Pain Reliefs

The ongoing 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted care provision for patients with pain disorders, as well as those with opioid use disorder. As a result, public health experts have voiced concern that the COVID-19 pandemic may worsen the opioid...