%0 Journal Article %T Recent advances in the pharmacological management of acute and chronic pain %A Catherine Goddard %A Stephan A. Schug %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2014 %X Recognition and management of pain continues to be one of the most commonly encountered clinical situations for practitioners. Pain has a considerable impact on the biological, psychological, sociological and economical welfare of the patient that cannot be underestimated. On a global scale the impact of pain has far reaching effects upon the social structure, function and economic welfare of society as a whole (1) %U http://apm.amegroups.com/article/view/4989/5884