The Biochemical Origin of Pain: How a New Law and New Drugs Have Led to a Medical Breakthrough in the Treatment of Persistent Pain by Sota Omoigui (Author)

Pain is a complex disease. With this book, we hope to show the complexities in the origin of pain. The specialty of Pain Medicine is an art and science that requires fundamental biochemical knowledge by both doctor and enlightened patient. The understanding of my law will enable the knowledgeable physician apply different strategies at different times to treat and control pain. There is a foremost doctrine of military warfare whether conventional or asymmetric that states: No battle plan ever survived first contact with the enemy. In the battle against Pain, this doctrine is no less applicable. We must attack pain with multiple agents at multiple points in time, and the physician must adjust the strategy to the patient, and what works for them. For example, using antidepressants or other drugs to alter transmitter levels is effective in alleviating pain for some people, but not for others. A strategy may work for a while in a person and then cease to be effective. A good knowledge base is a prerequisite to altering the battle strategy and conquering pain.

It is my hope that this law will light a candle in the darkness of our knowledge of Pain and will be a beacon of hope to all humanity.