Dr Gerald M Sacks

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.