PMID- 38049207 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240219 LR - 20240219 IS - 1875-9114 (Electronic) IS - 0277-0008 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 2 DP - 2024 Feb TI - Pain management considerations in patients living with both pain syndromes and cardiovascular diseases and disorders. PG - 184-196 LID - 10.1002/phar.2897 [doi] AB - Concomitant pain syndromes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and disorders are associated with significant morbidity, impaired quality of life, and neuropsychiatric disorders. There is an interplay between the mechanisms of pathophysiology of both CVD and pain syndromes. Patients with CVD (and/or disorders) as well as pain syndromes have an increased propensity for drug-drug/disease interactions. Therefore, an understanding of how to use pharmacotherapy to treat pain syndromes, in the context of patients who have diagnoses of CVD and/or disorders, is paramount to patients' success in achieving adequate pain control and appropriately managing CVD and/or disorders, all while decreasing the risk of adverse events (AEs) both from pharmacotherapy to treat pain and CVD (and/or disorders). Based on the appraisal of literature and authors' clinical expertise, it was determined that gabapentinoids, opioids, skeletal muscle relaxants, tricyclic antidepressants, clonidine, serotonin norepinephrine-reuptake inhibitors, dronabinol, carbamazepine, second-generation antipsychotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin, corticosteroids, and topical anesthetics have the most evidence for use in patients with CVD and/or disorders. However, the literature surrounding the use of pharmacotherapy for pain management is limited to retrospective studies and there is a lack of well-designed, prospective, randomized trials; this also includes head-to-head comparator studies. Unlike many CVD-related pharmacotherapy studies, data studying pain management in patients with CVD lacks standardized outcomes that are consistent among the pool of data. Overall, the decision to prescribe specific pain management therapies in patients with CVD and/or disorders should include assessment of pain severity, type of pain, drug-drug/disease interactions, adjuvant therapies required, and the risk or presence of AEs. CI - (c) 2024 Pharmacotherapy Publications, Inc. FAU - Leppien, Emily E AU - Leppien EE AD - Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binghamton University, Johnson City, New York, USA. FAU - Pauling, Erin E AU - Pauling EE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2740-8789 AD - Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binghamton University, Johnson City, New York, USA. FAU - Smith, Eric AU - Smith E AD - School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binghamton University, Johnson City, New York, USA. FAU - Wisniewski, Brady AU - Wisniewski B AD - School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binghamton University, Johnson City, New York, USA. FAU - Carpenter, Abigayle AU - Carpenter A AD - School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binghamton University, Johnson City, New York, USA. FAU - Schwier, Nicholas C AU - Schwier NC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7295-0676 AD - Office of Experiential Education & Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binghamton University, Johnson City, New York, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20240125 PL - United States TA - Pharmacotherapy JT - Pharmacotherapy JID - 8111305 RN - 0 (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Pain Management MH - *Cardiovascular Diseases/drug therapy MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Prospective Studies MH - Quality of Life MH - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors MH - Pain/drug therapy OTO - NOTNLM OT - cardiovascular diseases drug-related side effects and adverse reactions OT - drug therapy OT - pain EDAT- 2023/12/05 00:42 MHDA- 2024/02/19 06:43 CRDT- 2023/12/04 20:53 PHST- 2023/09/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/19 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/05 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/04 20:53 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/phar.2897 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pharmacotherapy. 2024 Feb;44(2):184-196. doi: 10.1002/phar.2897. Epub 2024 Jan 25.