Specialized in pain management; Dr Gerald Sacks has over 39 years of experience in the field of medicine. He is affiliated with numerous hospitals in California and more, including Providence Saint John’s Health Center. 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.
As a pain management doctor in Santa Monica, Dr Gerald Sacks has been named the recipient of the Patient’s Choice Award. He was commended for his exemplary work in medicine and compassion for his patients. Dr Sacks specializes in addiction medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, and pain medicine.
He opines that opioid-induced constipation can be a very difficult problem for patients, but also for health care professionals to discuss with the patient. The practitioners need to be comfortable discussing the adverse effects of any medications prescribed by them. Dr Sacks has interacted with various patients in which the opioid-induced constipation is dramatically affecting their life.
About Dr Gerald Sacks
Dr Gerald Sacks agrees with the fact that the whole goal of opioids is comfort, as well as maintenance, and increasing patient’s ability to do the things that they want to do to increase their functionality. If Opioid-Induced Constipation can be controlled, addressed, and treated, it will be an additional step towards helping patients maintain their healthy lifestyles.