Dr Gerald Sacks, MD, is the Director of Pain Management at the Pain Institute of Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California. He currently practices at Pain Institute of Santa Monica. He is affiliated with medical degree from UMass Chan Medical School and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He provides pain relief during and after an operation, and treats acute and long-standing pain problems.

Dr Sacks completed a residency in anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Chicago and was a resident in orthopedic surgery at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta. Dr Sacks provides pain relief during and after an operation, and treats acute and long-standing pain problems. He is affiliated with Olympia Medical Center and also specialized in Orthopedic Surgery and Pain Medicine.

Talking about Opioid Induced Constipation, Dr Gerald Sacks believes that there is a misunderstanding that OIC is not treatable. The practitioners need to discuss the patients about which medicine will be beneficial to them. If they have tried other approaches and have not worked, it is necessary to start something like methylnaltrexone to inhibit the opioid effect on the gut.

About Dr Gerald Sacks

Dr Gerald Sacks has lectured nationally and internationally on pain management, and has served as an invited speaker at many CME and grand round presentations throughout the United States. His research interests include neuropathic pain, psychosocial issues as they relate to pain perception and musculoskeletal, mechanical aspects of pain perception.