Chronic pain syndromes in ICD 11. Complex therapy concept

Abstract

In the International Classification of Diseases (ICD‑10), the diagnosis of chronic pain is not presented, which makes it difficult to conduct accurate epidemiological studies and prevents the development of an adequate diagnosis and multimodal therapy strategy. ICD‑11 will be the first version to include chronic pain as a diagnosis. According to the new concept, chronic pain is a real disease associated with multiple changes in the nervous, endocrine and immune systems. Developing a comprehensive treatment plan is of paramount importance and requires a multimodal plan that includes non‑drug and pharmacotherapeutic strategies for pain management. One of the promising areas of pharmacotherapy is the use of complex therapy regimens: meloxicam (Amelotex) – tolperisone (Calmirex) – B vitamins (compliments B).