Dr Gerald M Sacks

Dr Gerald M Sacks advises pain management practitioners that OIC must be a normal part of each patient’s visit. It is the responsibility of the practitioner to ask patients about the quality of their pain, how often it occurs, and what they are doing to increase their pain, whether pharmacologically, using physical therapy modalities or lifestyle changes. The practitioners are expected to spend a fair amount of time in judging how their OIC is and what they can do to improve it. It is equally important to understand where the patient stands. A good practitioner will evaluate the diagnosis at every visit and will determine the appropriate treatment. Furthermore, Dr Gerald M Sacks advises patients to be proactive in addressing OIC. Mostly practitioners as well as the patients are aware of the fact that opioids cause constipation. However, there is a misunderstanding that it is not treatable. According to Dr Sacks, the practitioners need to focus on the diagnosis. He believes that even

Dr Gerald M Sacks has been in practice for 32 years. He is specialized in pain management, hospice and palliative medicine, and perioperative medicine. His research interests include neuropathic pain, psychosocial issues as they relate to pain perception and musculoskeletal, mechanical aspects of pain perception.

  Dr Gerald M Sacks emphasizes on the availability of the treatments and believes that patients who suffer from OIC are generally advised to make lifestyle changes. It is the responsibility of the practitioners to acknowledge this problem and discuss about which medicine will be beneficial for them. They can also recommend methylnaltrexone to inhibit the opioid effect on the gut.

Dr Gerald M Sacks , an anesthesiologist, provides pain relief during and after an operation. He completed a fellowship in pain management at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. His research interests include neuropathic pain, psychosocial issues as they related to pain perception, and musculoskeletal, mechanical aspects of pain perception. Dr Sacks states that some patients do not want to get addicted to opioids, but they have to in order to manage their pain. He explains that they do not need to take opioids at all as their pain can be easily managed by a pain specialist. Furthermore, he educates people on the adverse effects of these opioids as taking these things for a prolonged period changes you medically, biochemically in every way. Explaining the medications used to treat OIC; Dr Gerald M Sacks states that Naloxegol, a peripherally acting µ-opioid receptor antagonist, is used to treat OIC. It can be an effective treatment for opioid-induced consti

  According to Dr Gerald M Sacks, the patients afflicted with OIC are generally advised by the primary care practitioners to utilize lifestyle changes. These changes include good hydration, good levels of physical activity, eating fruits and vegetables, and utilizing over-the-counter medications when needed.

Dr Gerald M Sacks discusses personally with every patient to know their bowel function. Some of his patients are referred by other practitioners for management and treatment of the chronic pain associated with OIC. He even educates the patient and even the practitioner about the appropriate treatment.